We have 65 part-time (2 hours per week) volunteering opportunties available for Class Assistants and 9 full time (30 hours per week) volunteering opportunities available for Assistant Coaches. Click here for further information.
25 new volunteers have joined the team since April 2008 and have been working hard in promoting Lishi. The volunteers have brought many skills, ideas and above all their passion and commitment to the project which has brought about exciting change for Lishi.
The Chinese Year of the Ox was celebrated in style by a number of Lishi groups across the UK in January. The groups united in Leeds where members of the public were offered taster sessions, demonstrations, lectures on Ancient Chinese Daoist culture and philosophy, and more! Click here to see some pictures from the event. Click here to read the press release.
Big thanks to volunteers for their help with our hugely successful events in May, June and July including a fantastic performance of Lishi at the Royal Albert Hall. We are now working to promote a exciting new term start at classes in September and lots of upcoming events including celebrations at Chinese New Year - we will keep you posted.
In April 2008 Dr Ian Kenvyn (Trinity and All Saints University, Leeds) brought together a focus group of young 'v' volunteers and teachers from the Essential Energy project to gain feedback about their experiences of volunteering. Overall, both the teachers and the volunteers who took part in the focus groups reflected upon a very positive experience. Click here to read the full report.
Our volunteers now have the opportunity to participate in a new recognition scheme offered by v to recognise and reward you for the amazing things you do
'vcashpoint' is a funding initiative for young people who want to set up a voluntary project in their own community. By providing grants of up to £2500, vcashpoint can help young people turn their ideas for voluntary projects into reality. For more information about vcashpoint, please log onto: wearev.com or contact marketing@wearev.com .
The College of Chinese Physical Culture has received £300K of funding from v, the youth volunteering charity, to create a further 164 volunteering opportunities for young people aged 16 - 25 years.
First full-time volunteers join the team - 5 young people with skills in web-design, photography, graphic design, filming, editing and animation have started on the project and are boosting the Essential Energy project with their creative talents
Thanks to James Evans
120 full and part-time opportunities over the next year.
Essential Energy is a project funded by v, an independent charity which was launched in May 2006 to champion youth volunteering in England. Its aim is to inspire a million more young people aged 16-25 to volunteer. To do this, v is working to increase the quantity, quality and diversity of volunteering opportunities available to young people.
The Organisation
The Essential Energy Project is run by the College of Chinese Physical
Culture (CCPC), a charitable company established in 1998, which teaches
Weihai Lishi Quanfa (Lishi) at classes in Leeds, London and across the
North of England. The aim of the project is to get more young people involved
in Lishi so that they can help shape and safeguard its future. Click
here to read a useful information leaflet about Lishi.
This Daoist family system originates from Wei Hai in China, it is over 2000 years old and focuses on teaching its students how to cultivate, harness and utilise Qi energy for the benefit of their health and longevity through a variety of traditional Wu Shu exercises. It is also recognised as a form of movement and dance by the Central Council for Physical Recreation and is available for all ages and abilities
The charity, which promotes physical and mental health stimulation and wellbeing, through non-competitive Chinese movement and dance, is reaching out for skilled 16-25 year-old's. Each will have expertise in their chosen field, though most crucially an interest in Lishi Arts, plus the ambition and enthusiasm to play a vital role in the formation and development of this important nationwide project.
The campaign, which is supported by the ‘Central Council of Physical
Recreation' and ‘Exercise Movement and Dance Partnership', utilises the
ancient Weihai Lishi Quanfa system of traditional Chinese Wushu; a study
and appreciation of both simple and complex dance and movement that stimulates
and invigorates body and mind.
