The Home Office funded project aims to help rural communities access information about local volunteering opportunities by setting up 160 Volunteer Points – IT-based information kiosks – across the country by March 2006. The first kiosks are launched in West Kent today and will be followed by ones in Dorset next week.

“This project is an exciting opportunity to provide a better service to support volunteering in rural communities where volunteers already substantially enhance the local quality of life and provide local services,” said Chris Penberthy, director of capacity building at Volunteering England.