News 2005
In 2005 a record breaking 114,000 people took part. Activities
included a football training for blind and visually impaired
children, the launch of a homophobic crime reporting line in
Blackpool and gift boxes being sent to young Muslim's in prison in
a bid to prevent suicide and re-offending.
A record breaking 100,000 people across the UK are picking up
paintbrushes, spades, oven gloves and knitting needles for the UK's
single biggest day of 'hands on' volunteering.
CSV Make a Difference Day is challenging football lovers to use
'the beautiful game' to help counter racism and exclusion.
Oliver Heath, star of the BBC's Changing Rooms is the latest
celebrity to sign up to a make-over challenge for CSV Make a
Difference Day, the UK's single largest day of 'hands-on'
volunteering.
Members of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (PRA) day
centre in Hackney will donate their art work, to brighten up the
wards in East Wing Homerton Hospital for CSV Make a Difference
Day.
Broadcaster and basketball star, John Amaechi, is urging people
from black and minority ethnic backgrounds to tackle issues such as
gun crime through volunteering.
A new survey by the CSV Make a Difference Day campaign and
Barclays, reveals that over half (53%) of staff who give time to
local communities through employee volunteering feel more
productive in the workplace.
She might have got married this week in Weatherfield, but the
real life Cilla is on a mission of a different sort.
Andrea Maflin, design expert from This Morning, GMTV and UK
Style, will be transforming a martial arts school that has helped
reduce crime levels in one of the capital's most deprived areas as
part of the CSV Make a Difference Day campaign.
The British Chamber of Commerce is encouraging small businesses
to give more time to local communities as a way of improving staff
morale and public perception.
Pete Waterman, Eamon Holmes, and Sian Lloyd are just a few of
the celebrities who are supporting this year's CSV Make a
Difference Day because they are fed up with the state of their
local communities.