volunteering
This International Volunteer Day I find myself reflecting on the state of volunteering in the UK.
![Augsburg will host the conference. Source: Wikipedia](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/augsburg.png?itok=f9g12LNN)
The event, which takes place from 16th to 20th october, is a gathering point for volunteer leaders from throughout the world and people who share a commitment to volunteering.
![This Festival takes place on September 21st-23rd. Source: Frivillighovedstad](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/aarhus_volunteering_festival.png?itok=gvZfPsJa)
On September 21st-23rd, the danish city will host debates, workshops, talks, performances and others activities.
Francesca from Italy and Uliana from Ukraine are two EVS Volunteers working in the Aarhus 2018. They invite you to participate in the event.
![A Catalan volunteer and a Palestinian peasant in the West Bank](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/capacitat_cisjordania-300x225.jpg?itok=_2z9Iiih)
The collaborative project between an ACPau brigades and a Palestinian peasant Organization begins to see its first sustainable fruits grow
Rijeka will be the European Capital of Culture in 2020 and it is seen as an opportunity to secure a lasting legacy of volunteers in many fields of culture and cultural heritage.
Europe is a community, a community of people, with a shared and inter-connected cultural heritage, that has volunteers and volunteering at its heart.
![The Conference takes place on 19-20 April in Rijeka.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/cevculture.jpg?itok=wFZwTMUh)
A capacity building conference takes place on 19-20 April in Rijeka.
![Source: EVC Sligo 2017](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/cev.jpg?itok=G-j0vw3F)
CEV calls for applications for the title of European Volunteering Capital Competition 2020.
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Volonteurope organises a conference where its Measuring Impact Working Group will present its policy paper outlining the results of a research about the impact of volunteering on the society.
The importance of the associative movement and volunteering when dealing with these diseases.
![Mar Estartús, co-founder of LivingNepal. Font: LivingNepal](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/marestartus2_0.jpg?itok=osE4gKeC)
We interview Mar Estartús, the co-founder of Living NEPAL, a non-profit association that was established in Barcelona on 12 May 2015, after the earthquake that shook Nepal, when two of the association’s founders survived.