Stories, advice and feedback from VESL volunteers, co-ordinators and student leaders.
Student Leader Interview: Lucy Allcock
Our next Student Leader post comes from Lucy Allcock who volunteered in India in 2012 and is returning with a team of six volunteers this summer, check out her advice
VESL Interview: Programme Manager
As we have asked our Student Leaders to do interviews and provide advice for our volunteers we also thought that we should give you some of our advice as past
Fundraising case study: Involving the local community
This week we have a great case study from our volunteer Sophie Ramshaw a student from Hull University who has done some great fundraising in her local community, check out
Teaching Advice: Learning Styles
All of us learn using different learning styles, so it is important as a teacher to ensure that you are incorporating these styles into your classroom practice. This way you
Student Leader Interview: Andrew Durrant
This is the second of our Student Leader blog posts (last week we had a post from James Hallworth), drawing on their experiences from last year and previous overseas volunteering
Student Leader Interview: James Hallworth
We will be bringing you a series of blog posts from our Student Leaders and past volunteers about their experiences of working with VESL and some handy tips for preparing
Fundraising Idea: BBQ
Summer is here! Okay we may be getting ahead of ourselves but a GLIMPSE of summer is here and there are two bank holidays in May (plus obviously all the
Fundraising Case Study: Charity Event
This week Kirsty Armour from Edgehill University has written a fundraising blog for us about the event she held last weekend in her home town. A massive congratulations to Kirsty
Fundraising Idea: Quiz Night
Pub quizzes or quiz nights are a great way to raise money and awareness of your project in your local community and they have a huge potential to raise a
Fundraising idea: Match Funding
Match funding is when a company you work for or are associated with match the funds that you’re raising for charity, companies do this as a way of encouraging people