Volunteers’ Week takes place from 1-7 June every year and celebrates the contribution of the country’s 20 million volunteers to their communities. During the week, events are held around the country with the theme of “recognise, reward and recruit” and many organisations will be hoping to attract enthusiastic new workers to their cause as well as publicly acknowledge those who have supported them for some time.

Leicester Volunteer Centre at Voluntary Action Leicester, will be out and about on the streets of the city promoting volunteering, finding out what volunteering people already do and sharing information on how to volunteer. They will also be attending the Leicester Riverside Festival on Saturday 7th June to support the City Council’s GreenLife Boat Environmental Project. Volunteers are welcome to visit the Leicester Volunteer Centre’s drop in service open Monday to Friday from 9am – 4pm open all year round. There, volunteers can access information on how to volunteer and speak to a member of staff about volunteering opportunities in their area. The Leicester Volunteer Centre is based in the Voluntary Action Leicester building on 9 Newarke Street (opposite Phoenix Arts), Leicester, LE1 5SN. For more information visit www.voluntaryactionleicester.org.uk

Jim McCallum, Community Director at Voluntary Action Leicester said:

“Volunteers’ Week offers the perfect opportunity to give volunteers the public profile they deserve, as well as introduce new people to volunteer roles they never knew existed. At Voluntary Action Leicester, we’re very proud to be celebrating Leicester and other volunteer-involving organisations around the country that will be showcasing their work this week. This is the 24th annual Volunteers’ Week and I have every confidence that the passion and dynamism of the hundreds of participating groups will make it the best yet!”