In September the organisation will launch JLGB Volunteers, a rethink of its Big Lottery-funded Hand-in-Hand project for 14- to 25-year-olds, funding for which ran out in December last year.
The scheme, aimed at young people in the organisation and in Jewish schools, will include a 10-hour volunteering award for eight-to 11-year-olds and a 25-hour award for 11- to 14-year-olds, which will promote citizenship and train young people in skills such as sign language.
A 50-hour Young Citizens award is already available for 14- to 15-year-olds. When young people reach 16 they will feed into the organisation's Millennium Volunteers scheme. The awards will be accredited by the brigade. Neil Martin, chief executive of the brigade, said it is seeking funding for the awards: "Our Hand-in-Hand scheme was so successful that we decided to rebrand it and incorporate our Millennium Volunteers scheme. We are targeting younger people."
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