Student Volunteering Week 2011
EDM number 1374 in 2010-12, proposed by Robert Halfon on 31/01/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Students and Voluntary organisations.
That this House notes Student Volunteering Week 2011 from 21 to 27 February; recognises the value of student volunteering for the community, education, business and the student; further notes the importance of volunteering during a time of economic instability; supports the work of Volunteering England to support further and higher education across the country to provide student volunteering provision;further recognises that 2011 is a landmark year for volunteers, being the 10th anniversary ofStudent Volunteering Week, the European Year of Volunteering, the UN's International Year of Volunteers +10 and the penultimate year before the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; andtherefore acknowledges that this year presents an ideal opportunity to highlight the wider work that student volunteers do at home and overseas to strengthen local and global communities.
This motion has been signed by a total of 58 MPs.
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