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Volunteering Matters, our volunteers, staff and programmes regularly feature in the national and regional media.
Mail Online: 5 tips on enjoying and making the most out of retirement, trying something new without breaking the bank. Metro: Volunteering Matters is delighted to be one of 70 charities selected to receive a cut of £12m from the UK Government’s Tampon Tax Fund. BBC Radio Suffolk: Head of East England, Stephen Skeet was grilled by pupils on air about our emotional wellbeing programme as part of the BBC’s Annual School Report week. Gov.uk: To mark Steve Holliday’s appointment as Chair of the review into young people’s full-time social action, he and MP Rob Wilson met our full-time volunteers in our London office. Civil Society: Charities need to do more to make volunteering opportunities for older people accessible and flexible, sector leaders said in Parliament yesterday. South Wales Argus: Sex Matters Too has been named as the runner up for the WCVA Third Sector Award for health, social care and wellbeing. Ipswich Star: WASSUP group wins Crimebeat award for the work against gender based violence. BBC Radio Sussex: A new comedy group aimed at people aged 50 plus is launching in Brighton. The Laughter Club has its launch event at Patching Lodge on Tuesday 14th February. Carehome.co.uk: Our CEO Oonagh Aitken “Loneliness is no longer thought to be just an older person’s problem – it affects young people too.” Ipswich Star: Teenage boys of 10 different nationalities have come together through the universal language of football.
Making the most of your retirement: try something new without spending a fortune
Volunteering Matters receives £170,000 funding boost from UK Government’s Tampon Tax Fund
“All of us have mental health” Our Anchor on BBC Suffolk
Volunteers welcome Rob Wilson MP & new Chair of Review into Full Time Social Action Steve Holliday
Charities ‘must make it easier’ for older people to volunteer
Sex Matters Too Claims Prize At WCVA Awards
Ipswich women’s youth group WASSUP wins Crimebeat Award for work against violence and sexual exploitation
Our new Comedy Club for the over fifties featured on BBC Sussex
Loneliness: ‘Robbing people of the moments that make life meaningful’
United by a love of football, groups help keep young people onside