Newport
GAVO – Youth Volunteering in Newport and Monmouthshire
Tel: 01633 241554
Web: www.gavowales.org.uk
GAVO’s Newport Volunteer Centre offers up-to-date information, advice and guidance to anyone looking for volunteering opportunities. They have a range of volunteering opportunities and we will try to match your skills and interests with a suitable vacancy. You can volunteer with many different organisations and people in your area and most organisations offer some kind of training and pay out-of-pocket expenses.
You may also be able to join The Millennium Volunteer Programme. This aims to encourage young people to take part in volunteering opportunities that can offer them the chance to give 200 hours of their time to a project of their choice. Certificates awarded to recognise 50 and 100 hours of volunteering as stepping stones towards the 200 Hours Award of Excellence certificate, which is signed by the First Minister of Wales. Completion Guide and Start Form.
You can look at what opportunities are currently available for volunteering at:
Change4Life
Web: www.change4lifewales.org.uk
With so many opportunities to watch TV or play computer games, and with so much convenience and fast food available, we don’t move about as much, or eat as well as we used to. Would you or your family like to be healthier and happier? Would you like loads of ideas, recipes and games to help you do this? Then join the thousands of other people in Wales and sign up today. Change4Life also have some great Apps available for free including the ‘Fun Generator’ – a good tool for finding fun games to play with your children. Just search ‘Change 4 Life’ in your favourite mobile App store.
Stories from the Web
Web: www.storiesfromtheweb.org
Love books? Games? Authors? Writing stories? Drawing? Listening to stories? Stories from the Web is an online reader development website for children and young people. The website develops readers and writers and fosters creativity by enabling children and young people to engage creatively with books, authors, illustrators and each other in a safe online environment.
Top Marks
Web: www.topmarks.co.uk
Well designed and good fun reference site for all those homework queries.
Funology
Web: www.funology.com
From Brain Drains to Boredom Busters, jokes, games and interesting factoids – with a little learning along the way.
Innocent Kids
Great series of games and activities from the smoothies people. Match the animal with its poo is particularly engaging.
Guinness World Records
Web: www.guinnessworldrecords.com
Searchable database of record-breaking feats – but only some, of course, they still want you to buy the book.
Switch Zoo
From a calligator to a dogophant, create crazy new animals online.
Nickelodeon
Web: www.nick.com
Web: www.nickjr.com
Play games, share your avatar, download screensavers and catch up on your favourite cartoon characters at the Mecca of TV cartoondom. Plus Nick Junior, customised for pre-schoolers.
