WRVS Educational Bursary Award 2019 in Malta
My name is Carrianne, I am a third-year student studying Anthropology and International Development at the university of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter. In 2019 I was granted a £2,000 Educational Bursary to take part in an anthropology field school in Gozo, Malta...
Camps International COSTA RICA Expedition August 2018
Camps International COSTA RICA Expedition August 2018 A personal account from Georgia Ward, made possible in part by the support of the WRVS Benevolent Trust Youth Bursary Georgia has been a volunteer with Royal Voluntary Service for the last 3 years, helping with...
How a young volunteer inspired the Youth Bursary
How a young volunteer inspired the Youth Bursary As we eagerly await 2019 applications for our annual Youth Bursary, let’s take you back to 2010, when a young medical student (and dedicated Royal Voluntary Service volunteer) contacted us to see if we could help fund...
Pass on something wonderful
Pass on something wonderful For the past 65 years, the WRVS Benevolent trust has been supporting past and present volunteers and employees of the WVS, WRVS and Royal Voluntary Service through grant giving and by helping young volunteers do something incredible through...
Happy Birthday to the Royal Voluntary Service and the WRVS Benevolent Trust
Happy Birthday to the Royal Voluntary Service and the WRVS Benevolent Trust 2018 is a significant year for both the Royal Voluntary Service and the WRVS Benevolent Trust. The Royal Voluntary Service celebrates its 80thbirthday, and its younger sister, the WRVS...
Celebrating our Wonderful Volunteers – Thank you
Celebrating our Wonderful Volunteers – Thank you On the 22ndSeptember 1953 Stella Dowager Marchioness of Reading GBE, gave £1,000 to WVS Trustees Ltd to create a fund for charitable purposes and thereby created the WVS Trust. The Trust as we know it today was...