VAP UK - Volunteer Action for Peace UK

Workcamp at Doune the Rabbit Hole Music Festival in Scotland

nuno — 2022-05-17T09:34:17Z

VAP is organising in cooperation with IVS a workcamp this summer at the Doune the Rabbit Hole Music Festival in Scotland. Time to apply!

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Climate Justice and Raising Peace

nuno — 2019-05-16T17:00:58Z

Our database offers projects in many countries but this isn't everything!
VAP is part of a worldwide network. Through our membership of the Co-ordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) and our links with the Alliance we can find volunteer opportunities for you all over the world, sometimes tailor-made for what interests you most. So, if at a first glance we have nothing that grabs you, contact us with your ideas and we can try to find what suits you best.
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Volunteer in Germany's Historic Heritage

nuno — 2019-05-07T18:20:34Z

Projects where volunteers like you can be involved.

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VAP open evening: non-commercial international volunteering!

nuno — 2019-01-18T16:24:00Z

This is a chance to find out how you can take part in international volunteer projects responsibly, without paying vast sums of money to profit-making "voluntourism" companies.

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World Heritage Volunteering 2018

nuno — 2016-04-26T16:43:47Z

World Heritage Volunteering at UNESCO World Heritage sites

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News from VAP meet-up and info day with guest speakers from Crossroads

nuno — 2016-04-24T18:29:03Z

News from VAP meet-up and info event day guest speakers from Crossroads

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VAP's 2015 Annual Get Together

nuno — 2015-09-24T15:26:35Z

We are organising our Annual Get Together, on Friday 2 October at 6:30 pm, for all returning or soon-to-be VAP volunteers to meet up with like-minded people, discuss interesting topics, get ideas for your next volunteering adventure, or just find out more about what VAP does if you're still considering getting involved. As well as providing the chance to share experiences and ideas informally, the programme for the event will include:
• A presentation on the Migration Museum Project – a (...)

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No More Deaths in the Mediterranean Sea!

nuno — 2015-05-04T16:13:12Z

VAP is joining our voice to thousands of volunteers represented by a long list of international voluntary service organisations in protest against the silence of European governments in face of the catastrophe happening right now in the Mediterranean sea.
We, organisations and networks of the International Voluntary Service movement promoting peace, common understanding and human rights, want to address to International and National Institutions an urgent appeal to change direction of (...)

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All the fun of a volunteer workcamp – with extra Brownie points!

nuno — 2015-02-12T15:46:14Z

Volunteer Action for Peace is currently offering three camp coordinator positions for short-term volunteer projects in the UK coming up this spring and early summer. This is a great way to get involved in international voluntary work and meet people from all over the world without even leaving the country. That can make it cheaper for you (in fact, all travel costs are paid by VAP) and require less of a time commitment – but still means you can take part in meaningful voluntary work in an (...)

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UK projects – ideas welcome!

nuno — 2014-10-21T15:04:31Z

VAP is always on the lookout for new ideas to expand our programme of workcamps in the UK. This is your chance to shape the work that VAP does – and all you need is to give us your ideas!
If you are a UK-based VAP member who has participated in a project abroad or are applying to do so in the future, the chances are that you are also interested in projects on similar themes in the UK as well. So here is our question for you – do you know of any organisations in the UK that would benefit (...)

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