lattitude News

Charity Lattitude Global Volunteering is offering football fans aged 17 to 25 the opportunity to volunteer in South Africa during the 2010 World Cup, where they may even be able to attend a competition game.

To mark International Volunteer Day on December 5, youth development charity, Lattitude Global Volunteering is recognising its volunteers both in the UK and abroad who contribute over 40,000 volunteer hours every week.

Hunky television presenting adventurer Ben Fogle has been voted the ideal celebrity to help people pack their bags for a long trip or gap year, according to a recent survey by gap year volunteering charity, Lattitude Global Volunteering.

Wembley twins Raajul and Rushabh Shah, 19, have recently returned from China, where they took part in Lattitude Global Volunteering projects.

Southfields Community College student Merlain Makiadi, of Tooting, has given up using public transport, getting around London by foot for a whole month, to raise £2,000 to fund a volunteering trip to India.

As Student Volunteering Week celebrates the work of young volunteers around the UK, from 23 February-1 March, Lattitude Global Volunteering urges student volunteers to start thinking globally, and making a difference in communities around the world.