Volunteer Activities: English Camps in Thailand
This Saturday 12 of our volunteers are running an English for Integrated Studies (EIS) Camp with two or our Student Leaders, Andrew and Fran, and our Programme Manager at a
VESL Overseas Visit 2013
It’s that time of year again when we make our way overseas to visit our projects in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand, visiting our Country Managers and our volunteers who
Responsible Volunteering Overseas
In response to today’s BBC News article on volunteering overseas, we’d like to stress that nothing about volunteering with VESL is ‘voluntourism’… it’s challenging work, and of real and measurable
Wild Fund used to promote hygiene in schools in India
Ingrid Masters volunteered in Kerala from January to March 2013, while she was there she used funding from the VESL Wild Fund and a personal donation to help improve sanitation and hygiene
Edgehill Volunteers Win Awards
You may have seen our article last week about some of our volunteers who were short listed for Volunteer of the Year Award and Volunteer Group of the Year Award
VESL Volunteers Nominated for Awards at Edgehill University
A huge congratulations to our volunteers who have been short listed for the Volunteer of the Year Awards at Edgehill University next week. Lucy Allcock has been shortlisted for Volunteer
Congratulations to the VESL Major Series Runners
A huge congratulations to everyone who ran the Major Series in Tunbridge Wells on Saturday for VESL and raised £955! A team of past volunteers & VESL supporters endured the
Fundraising Idea: Easter (Egg Hunt)
Easter is a great time to fundraise and with it being less than a month away now is a good time to get planning, there are several different Easter themed
Our Secret Giver Strikes Again…
You may remember a couple of months ago when we received an anonymous donation in the post for £9.31, well we were very surprised again this morning when we received a
Meet Our 2012-13 Student Leaders
In 2012 we ran our Student Leader programme for the first time and due to its success we are running it again in 2012-13! The programme sees students recruit, select, train