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UK organization which recruits volunteers into community work. CSV is the largest volunteer organization in the UK; over 100,000 people volunteer through CSV every year. Placements (ranging from four to twelve months) are available to people of any age, and no specific skills or qualifications are needed. Volunteers work in a variety of community-based projects throughout the UK, ranging from working with students with disabilities at university to working with homeless people in hostels.

The projects are full-time and away from home (free accommodation is provided by CSV). For people who can not volunteer for such long periods there are local community based projects which offer people the opportunity to volunteer for a few hours a week. CSV also provides host placements for young Europeans aged between 18 and 25, as part of the European Volunteers Service (EVS), set up by the European Union (EU), which gives opportunities for young Europeans to spend six to twelve months as a volunteer in one of the member countries.

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