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After over a decade devoting her time and energy to helping others, Cardiff born and bred Charlotte Ali has just received the recognition she so rightly deserves, having won the John Lewis Charity Champion Award at the recent Echo Community Champion Awards.

Charlotte has spent the past 14 years volunteering with a number of charitable organisations including Raleigh, St. Mellons Community Education Centre, The Young People's Youth Forum, The Prince's Trust and the British Youth Council. After receiving this prestigious award, the winner vowed to continue doing the same for another 30 years.

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"Raleigh transformed my year out into something genuinely worthwhile and beneficial in more ways than I can possibly explain here. I met people I will stay friends with for life. I became more responsible, self-sufficient, and confident. I am now better at making decisions, having had the privilege of being exposed to factors that shape different cultures and lives.

"My ambition is to take the lessons I learned during my expedition in India and the ones I will be taught at university, and create an organisation which aims to promote cultural integration in the UK. I completed my expedition feeling confident that one person's hard work and initiative can do a great deal of good to so many people - and it was that confidence that Raleigh gave me that made me jump on the opportunity given by HSBC."

After the recent incidents of the tsunami in Indonesia, we would like to reassure you that this has not affected the Raleigh Borneo expedition. This occurred in Sumatra which is hundreds of miles away from our venturers that are working out in Sabah, Northern Borneo. Borneo is a very sheltered island as it is protected from the elements by the surrounding land masses.

Rest assured all of the venturers remain safe and well and are making great progress on their projects as you can see on the expedition blog. Health and safety are Raleigh's top priorities; we are always working to ensure that these principles are upheld. Our in-country staff are liaising with the Foreign Office to ensure that everyone involved is kept up to date with the situation.

Can you make a short video? Looking to improve your CV? Yes? Then Raleigh and the Department for International Development need you!

On 15-16 January 2011, Raleigh is running a weekend to inspire our volunteers to raise awareness about international development. We'll be exploring the different actions people can take to raise awareness, from hosting a film night to baking FairTrade cakes. The weekends are always great fun and really high-energy - moving from public speaking training to games!

To inspire more people to join the programme, we're looking for a volunteer to film and edit a three-minute video of the weekend. We're looking for someone who's creative and willing to try something different - we want the video to have an edge, stand out!

If you've got access to your own video and editing software, then give us a call. We'll provide you with a reference, cover your travel expenses (training based in South London), accommodation and feed you lots of FairTrade goodies over the weekend!

Wednesday 21st July 6pm - 9pm

Are you looking for a career in International Development?

Plan International has once again teamed up with Shoot Experience to launch the fifth annual Shoot Nations global youth photography competition.

This year the project is being sponsored by MTV, Olympus, The Independent on Sunday, National Geographic and The Future Mapping Company.

Shoot Nations is free to enter, and is open to anyone between the ages of 11 and 25 with two age group categories, 11 - 16 years and 17 - 25 years. Each year thousands of youngsters from more than 100 countries take part in the online contest in a bid to be crowned the world's best young snapper with a presentation to the UN headquarters in New York.

The British Youth Council and the UK Young Ambassadors project are looking for 7 young people to represent the UK at ‘My Summit 2010', the official international youth summit to be held alongside the G8 and G20 Youth Summits in Canada this June from 23rd - 28th June. Download full details to find out more.

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