Background

Background information about Wychwood v

The Project and the Friends of Wychwood are delighted to announce that we have been successful in a bid for funds to help more young people aged between 16 and 25 get positively involved in their community over the next three years.

The funding comes from a national organisation called v and is part of a £75 million investment across England which aims to inspire half a million more young people to volunteer in England.

The aim of this wider programme is to create a ’step change in the quantity, quality and diversity of youth volunteering opportunities’. We will be playing our part. The Wychwood v programme doesn’t start formally until the beginning of April. One of the key requirements of v is that the young people who take part of volunteers have a say in deciding upon and developing the opportunities that they take up.

The Project has done quite a bit of work with children but relatively little with the target 16 – 25 year age group. There’s no doubt that it is going to be a learning experience for all of us. Helping us along the way will be Jane Bowley who many of you will have met during her time as our Parish Conservation Challenge Project Officer.

So, if you are aged 16 – 25 and you like the idea of volunteering with the Wychwood Project, or you know someone who is – get in touch with Jane on 01993 814131.