Campaigns

CSV's campaigns are all about promoting and celebrating volunteering and helping people who haven’t volunteered before to give it a go.

Esther Rantzen and Marina Yannakoudakis MEP icing gingerbread men with children in Waterloo for Make a Difference Day 2011Our campaigns are about doing what we do best - getting volunteers where their community needs them, and directly engaging people in issues like poverty and climate change, helping them to build and strengthen communities.

We also use our campaigns to help other charities, community groups, and companies to recruit new volunteers or show their appreciation for their existing volunteers.

By giving people the skills, support and resources they need to set up projects as a part of a CSV campaign they can connect with their neighbours, their community, and the UK to make a difference.

CSV Make a Difference Day

CSV Make a Difference Day logo

Every year tens of thousands of people get together across the UK for CSV Make a Difference Day, the UK's biggest day of volunteering.

This year's campaign has now drawn to a close. We saw charities, schools, community groups, universities, and companies getting involved alongside thousands of local heroes and families all wanting to make a difference to their local community and to the UK.

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2011 is the European Year of Volunteering!

Take part and record your volunteering! Show the impact and value of volunteers!

European Year of Volunteering 2011 logo imageVolunteers all over Europe get a boost as the Council of Europe has called on all 48 Member States to promote volunteering, assess the value of voluntary service and to consider ways to reward volunteers throughout 2011.

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