Start off the term back at University with a Film Night showing films related to your destination country! Added bonus – you can make your friends jealous of your exciting summer plans! How? You could hold the event at your house if there is enough space and you aren’t inviting too many people. Alternatively you […]
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Travel Tip: Basic Thai
Heading to Thailand and don’t know any Thai? Don’t worry we are here to help, check out our handy list of basic words below! Remember the Thai language has lots of different tones, so the same word said with different tones means different things, the words below are written how they sound. However the best […]
Fundraising: Just Giving
Setting up a Just Giving page is really easy and only takes a couple of minutes, although we would suggest spending a little longer to make your page stand out and engage your page visitors! How do I set up a page? Just go to www.justgiving.com/vesl and then click on ‘make a page’. You can […]
Travel Tip: Learning basic Malayalam
Heading to Kerala and a bit worried about not being able to speak the language? Ever heard of Malayalam? Don’t worry we are here to help! Knowing some Hindi is not going to get you very far in remote fishing villages in Kerala, so knowing a bit of Malayalam can be very helpful! Malayalam is one […]
Volunteer Diary: Saying Goodbye & English Day
Olivia Higginson has written her final blog for us as she has just finished her placement in Kerala, India. VESL would like to take this opportunity to say thank you for all Olivia’s hard work and for writing blogs for us! My placement has finished and I have tearfully waved goodbye to all my new […]
Fundraising Idea: Christmas Present Wrapping
This is our last Christmas related post, so make the most of this festive season with our last Christmas fundraising idea… And get present wrapping! Ask your friends and family if they need some assistance in wrapping up their presents at this busy time of year and ask for a donation in return. Send out […]
TEFL ORG UK
Worried about teaching English overseas? Don’t have much experience of teaching? We have teamed up with TEFL ORG UK to offer all VESL volunteers a 23% discount of their on-line and practical courses. To find out more about their courses, download their brochure. Interested? Just send us an e-mail ([email protected]) and we will pass your […]
Fundraising Idea: Christmas Karaoke
Who doesn’t love singing Christmas carols/songs…? Arrange a night for your friends or work mates, whether that is at your home or you organise it at a local pub or on your works Christmas night out… Ask people to donate money who attend, just make sure you get a good crowd and/or be prepared to […]
Donate to our Wild Fund & receive a free polo shirt or hoody!
Want to reminisce about being a VESL volunteer? Want to show off to all your friends that you are off somewhere exciting in 2013? Or simply want to keep warm this winter? For a limited time only, donate to our Wild Fund and receive a free polo shirt or hoody! Our Wild Fund is in […]
A review of 2012
2012 has been an exciting year for VESL, we celebrated our 10th Birthday, we sent our largest number of volunteers overseas ever, we have continued to see demand for our projects overseas grow and employed our first full time member of staff. So we feel that it is about time that we updated you in a […]
Fundraising Idea: Christmas Cake Stall
Lots of our volunteers run cake stalls throughout the year at their university’s or places of work, get in the festive spirit this season and run a Christmas Cake stall. You can make plenty of Christmas themed cakes/biscuits, the BBC Good Food website is a great place to start, check out some of the following recipes: Christmas […]
Where to find VESL in 2013…
Interested in finding out more about VESL? We are attending several Careers and Volunteering Fairs across England and Scotland at universities. Check out our list below to find out where you can find us! Careers & Volunteering Fairs 9th January – Heriot-Watt Refresher’s fair, The Student Union, 13.00. 17th January – UCL Volunteering Fair, North Cloister, […]
Fundraising Idea: Name the Reindeer
This is a great quick idea that you can do at any event (cake sale, film night etc) or approach local retailers and ask if you can run the competition there. What is Name the Reindeer? This is a really quick activity, you will need to buy a cuddly toy reindeer (or ask a shop […]
Staying Safe Overseas
Staying safe whilst you’re overseas is really important whether you are a first time traveller or seasoned traveller, there are some important things that you need to remember, before and after your trip. Caroline’s Rainbow Foundation is a charity that is working to raise awareness of the importance of staying safe while travelling, especially to […]
