nigel mansfield fundraising manager v

Nigel Mansfieldfundraising manager v

Inspiring a new generation of young volunteers

September 2007

What is v?• Launched May 2006• Independent charity• Russell Commission

recommendations• Volunteering for

young people aged 16–25 in England

1,000,000 more young volunteers

• Attract, inspire & engage

• National framework for young volunteers

• Key objectives– Quantity– Quality– Diversity

Our guiding lights• Youth-led• Independent• Sustainable• Create impact• Be ‘different’• Small, highly effective

commissioning body

What do we do?• Fund the creation of

volunteering opportunities – vGrants– vinspired.com– vCashpoint– vMatch Fund

• Improve image, processes & infrastructure

The vMatch Fund

Inspire the private

sector – via the

vMatch Fund

v Match Fund model• Access to Government Match Fund• Private sector organisations linked with a

voluntary sector partner• Attract like-for-like funding for that partner• Cash and Gifts-in-kind• Doubles the investment in youth volunteering

v partnersAccenture

ARKAllan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust

BAA Communities Trust Barclays Bank

BTChannel 4

Charles Hayward FoundationCitigroup

City Parochial FoundationDeutsche Bank

DiageoDSG internationalDulverton Trust

eBayEdgeEmap

Esmée Fairbairn FoundationExxonMobil

Football FoundationFriends of the Lake District

Galaxy FMGarfield Weston Foundation

GCap MediaHSBC

HBOS FoundationInternational Agenda

Jack Petchey FoundationJohn Laing Charitable Trust

JPMorganLloyds TSB Development Capital

Lloyd TSB Foundation for England & WalesNational Grid

Northern Rock FoundationNorwich Union

npowerThe October Club

Peacock Charitable TrustPremier League

Sainsbury’sSITA Trust

Sovereign CapitalTate & Lyle

Thames FoundationUnited Biscuits

Veolia Environment TrustVirgin Unite

The Vodafone UK FoundationWaste Recycling Environmental Limited

Whitbread

v Match Fund projects• 120 youth volunteering projects• Over 60,000 volunteering opportunities• Tremendous innovation and creativity• Enhance CSR programmes for young people

Want to find out more?

Visit the match fund pages on the v website at:

www.wearev.com

Want to find out more?Contact:

Nigel Mansfieldnigel.mansfield@wearev.com020 7960 7029

Robert Carter robert.carter@wearev.com020 7960 7028