# vinspired app now available for Android phones

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/05/11/vinspired-app-now-available-android-phones/
- Published: 2011-05-11T09:23:52+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

v, the National Young Volunteers Service, has today extended its vinspired mobile
app to Android mobile phones. The app, which can be downloaded free of charge from
the Android Market gives voluntary organisations the opportunity to recruit and 
reward young volunteers free of charge through their mobile phones.

![](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/files/images/news/vinspired_app_android.jpg)

The vinspired apps allow young people to search for and find volunteering opportunities
via postcode search or GPS, keep a record of what they do and to upload photos to
their volunteering diary, and to apply for vinspired awards, in recognition of skills
gained and benefits to the community, which are endorsed by the CBI, IoD, CIPD &
REC.

The [vinspired iPhone app](http://vinspired.com/about-us/free-volunteering-iphone-app)
is already available to download for free from the App Store, and a free BlackBerry
app will be launched later this month.

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v CEO Terry Ryall announced the launch of the apps at Go On: ND11, the National 
Digital Conference. He said: “The UK has more young people on smartphones than anywhere
else in Europe, and for many young people, it’s the main way that they access the
internet. We think it’s really important to give charities and voluntary organisations
free access to this kind of technology, so that they can reach young people wherever
they are.

“16-24 year olds are more likely than older people to say that a lack of information
stops them from volunteering, so we’re excited to be helping nearly 1000 charities
to bring their volunteering opportunities into the mobile space, for free, on the
devices that young people use.”

http://vinspired.com/about-us/free-volunteering-android-app