Volunteers for Educational Support & Learning
Start off the term back at University with a Film Night showing films related to your destination country! Added bonus – you can make your friends jealous of your exciting
Heading to Thailand and don’t know any Thai? Don’t worry we are here to help, check out our handy list of basic words below! Remember the Thai language has lots
Setting up a Just Giving page is really easy and only takes a couple of minutes, although we would suggest spending a little longer to make your page stand out
Heading to Kerala and a bit worried about not being able to speak the language? Ever heard of Malayalam? Don’t worry we are here to help! Knowing some Hindi is not
Olivia Higginson has written her final blog for us as she has just finished her placement in Kerala, India. VESL would like to take this opportunity to say thank you
This is our last Christmas related post, so make the most of this festive season with our last Christmas fundraising idea… And get present wrapping! Ask your friends and family
Worried about teaching English overseas? Don’t have much experience of teaching? We have teamed up with TEFL ORG UK to offer all VESL volunteers a 23% discount of their on-line
Who doesn’t love singing Christmas carols/songs…? Arrange a night for your friends or work mates, whether that is at your home or you organise it at a local pub or
Want to reminisce about being a VESL volunteer? Want to show off to all your friends that you are off somewhere exciting in 2013? Or simply want to keep warm
2012 has been an exciting year for VESL, we celebrated our 10th Birthday, we sent our largest number of volunteers overseas ever, we have continued to see demand for our
Lots of our volunteers run cake stalls throughout the year at their university’s or places of work, get in the festive spirit this season and run a Christmas Cake stall.
Interested in finding out more about VESL? We are attending several Careers and Volunteering Fairs across England and Scotland at universities. Check out our list below to find out where you
This is a great quick idea that you can do at any event (cake sale, film night etc) or approach local retailers and ask if you can run the competition
Staying safe whilst you’re overseas is really important whether you are a first time traveller or seasoned traveller, there are some important things that you need to remember, before and