Fiona
Bruce MP and Youth Council work together to increase youth volunteering in
Congleton
Fiona Bruce MP is
working with the Congleton Youth Council to encourage young people in Congleton
to volunteer for local charities and organisations after a Youth Council survey
of over 700 young people in Congleton identified a gap in this area.
Fiona Bruce said “In
general, this area has a very high level of dedicated volunteering which I am
constantly impressed by. I am, therefore, delighted to help lead this campaign,
along with Congleton Youth Council to encourage more young people to volunteer.
I am seeking to make contact with voluntary organisations across the town to
urge any groups interested in joining the scheme to offer volunteering opportunities
for young people. Organisations willing to support this excellent initiative of
Congleton Youth Council can contact my office to register their interest and
for more information go to www.youthinfo.co.uk.”
The
joint project is to encourage more young people in Congleton to volunteer and
any local volunteer organisations is being asked for suggestions or
availability they may have to help inspire and recruit young volunteers – and to
help their organisation!
This
is the second joint project of Fiona and the Youth Council. The first ‘Towards
a Drug Free Congleton’ on which they have worked for over two years, is now up
and running, engaging both High Schools, the Police and Fire Services to ensure
that over time every young person in Congleton is equipped to understand the dangers
and pressures of, and to withstand, doing drugs.
If
you are a young person interested in volunteering, please look at the Youth Council’s
youth volunteering website (www.youthinfo.co.uk). Once organisations have signed up
they will have the ability to post activities and volunteering opportunities
onto the site for young people to view.
