# Vodafone gives 500 more people chance to work for local charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/10/11/vodafone-gives-500-more-people-chance-work-local-charities/
- Published: 2010-10-11T10:32:29+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Vodafone Foundation is offering 500 people in the UK the chance to work for
a charity of their choice for two months and get paid for it. The Vodafone World
of Difference programme is open to anyone over 18 in the UK “who has the enthusiasm,
drive and commitment to donate themselves to a charity”.**

Placements run for two months and the Vodafone Foundation will pay each selected
applicant’s chosen charity a total of £2,500 with winners getting the balance when
all tax and National Insurance has been paid. Charities will also receive £250 towards
expenses associated with the winner.

This year’s campaign was launched today by TV presenter and self-confidence champion
Gok Wan. “I’m all about confidence and feeling good about yourself”, he said. “That’s
why this programme fits so well with my personal ethos. Nothing makes you feel better
than getting involved in your community”.

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To apply, people should first get in touch with their chosen charity to find out
what they can do, and then apply online.

Applicants who want to take part but don’t have a particular charity to support 
can search for charities looking for World of Difference placements in their local
area using the charity matchmaker tool on the site.

Charities interested in placing World of Difference applicants can find out how 
to get listed there too.

Entries close on 23 November 2010 and placements start in March 2011.

The [Vodafone Foundation](http://vodafonefoundation.org) has invested over £150 
million in projects since its creation in 2002, concentrating on disaster relief
and preparedness, the World of Difference programme, through projects which use 
mobile technology for the benefit of all and specific projects across Vodafone’s
27 local Foundations worldwide.

www.vodafone.co.uk/worldofdifference

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