Volunteering in the news

Wednesday 15 October 2008

• Summit will look for a course through the financial turmoil (Third Sector)
• Christmas lights already shining as temperatures hit 21C (Daily Telegraph)

Tuesday 14 October 2008

• NSPCC and VSO appoint chief executives (Third Sector)
• BBC honoured for volunteering work (Community Newswire)
• Working with the third sector to reduce reoffending(www.justice.gov.uk)
  

Monday 13 October 2008

• Clear advice on volunteering while on benefits (Voluntary News)
  
• Capacitybuilders seeks bids on two tenders (Third Sector)
• Government can offer 'no guarantee' over charity investments in Icelandic banks(24dash.com)

Friday 10 October 2008

• Volunteering is at the heart of the future NHS says Mike Locke (Guardian Unlimited)
• Voluntary work can be good for your career (The Mirror)
• Volunteer Centre Eden office closure (The Westmorland Gazette)
• Charities stand to lose millions in Iceland banks crisis (Third Sector)

Thursday 9 October 2008

• How the financial crisis will affect the voluntary sector (Guardian Unlimited)
• Shadow charities minister sets out goals for his tenure (Third Sector)
  

Wednesday 8 October 2008

• Delight and disappointment as Brennan replaces Hope (Third Sector)
• Golden Oldies Wanted (Pethealthcare)

Tuesday 7 October 2008

• Hurd is new shadow charities minister (Third Sector)
  
• When a mentor does more harm than good (Guardian)
• Credit crunch hits charity (The Scotsman)

Moday 6 October 2008

• Brennan appointed as voluntary sector minister (Third Sector)
• Integrating volunteering into society (Voluntary News)
• v chief admits frustration at MPs attitudes (Charity Finance)

Friday 3 October 2008

• Government policy: What's in Phil Hope's annual appraisal? (ThirdSector)
• Renewed guide to volunteering and benefits published(Egov Monitor)

Thursday 2 October 2008

• A helping hand: Voluntary work can bring unexpected rewards in your professional life (The Independent)
• Government moots statutory time off for some voluntary roles(Charityfinance)
  
• New support bureau for volunteers (BBC)
• v chief admits frustration at MPs attitudes (Charityfinance)
  

Wednesday 1 October 2008

• Cross-sector coalition will make volunteers 'part of society's DNA' (ThirdSector)
  
• Greg Clark, Tory spokesman for the voluntary sector tells Alison Benjamin why it should play more of a part in delivering public services(Guardian)
• Analysis: Why v is ditching the word 'volunteering' and using an 'f' word in its place (ThirdSector)
• Young volunteer's film to be broadcast on Channel 4(Community Newswire)

Tuesday 30 September 2008

• Do Someone A Favour For Fashion (WebitPR)
• Volunteer to make history (English Heritage)
• Scouts welcome government plans to support volunteering(The Scout Association)

Monday 29 September 2008

• Young first aid volunteers show the way (British Red Cross)
• Cash windfall to encourage students to help communities (Sheffield Telegraph)

Friday 26 September 2008

• High court says Rhymes can play at concert (Guardian)
  

Thursday 25 September 2008

• Conservative plans for youth justice(Community Care)
• Mission to give disabled people a new lease of life (Surrey Advertiser)

Wednesday 24 September 2008

• Company collapses hit charity income and volunteer support (Third Sector)

Tuesday 23 September 2008

• Rewards for community volunteers (BT Today)
  
• Social enterprise seen as "woolly and confused", says research (Third Sector)
  

Monday 22 September 2008

• Free Albert Hall gig rewards volunteers (Guardian)
• Youngsters volunteer for a festival (Mid Devon Star)
• Drive for volunteers in the north east (Third Sector)

Friday 19 September 2008

• Chance to shadow media pros (ThirdSector)
• Poppy appeal needs volunteers (thisishampshire.net)

Thursday 18 September 2008

• Orange promotes RockCorps volunteers (Guardian)
• Mammoth sector survey gets under way (Third Sector)
• Government funds 'shut out bids from smaller charities' (Third Sector)
  

Tuesday 16 September 2008

• International volunteering projects to be promoted in schools(Third Sector)
• Charity on the cheap(UK Watch)
  

Monday 15 September 2008

• Don't give up on the community: What the experts say(The Sunday Times)
• Volunteering boost for 2012 games(BBC)
  

Friday 12 September 2008

• Volunteering should be given higher status by employers(Personneltoday.com)
• Is the voluntary sector an acceptable face of privatisation? (Socialist Worker)
  

Thursday 11 September 2008

• Image problem turns recruits away (Guardian Unlimited)
• Charity Confidence Survey reveals charity leaders less confident about the future of their sector (ePolitix)
  

Wednesday 10 September 2008

• Hawkins supports volunteers (Sky Sports)
  
• Opinion: Volunteering will be key to London 2012 (Third Sector)
  

Tuesday 9 September 2008

• Rolling squadron pulls Boeing down runway for charity (Third Sector)
  
• Award-winning voluntary sector web site launches in region (Community Newswire)
  

Tuesday 26 August 2008

• Centenarian Betty Lowe still volunteers at hospital (Telegraph)
  

Friday 22 August 2008

• Call for volunteers' bank holiday (BBC News)
  

Thursday 21 August 2008

• Peter Davy on the government's volunteering drive (Guardian Unlimited)
  
• Volunteering numbers virtually static since 2001 despite investment (Charityfinance)
• Interview: Stephen Greene, Chief executive, RockCorps (Third Sector)

Wednesday 20 August 2008

• Volunteering levels remain flat (Third Sector)
• 'Sacking' fires volunteer rights row (Third Sector)

Tuesday 19 August 2008

• Make the most of your time and help others too (www.nebusiness.co.uk)
• London will struggle to match this army on volunteer frontline (Guardian)
• Don't be wooed by surf-and-sun gap years (The Times)

Monday 18 August 2008

• Arbitration service mooted for volunteers (Third Sector)
• Senseless red tape leaves society poorer (Telegraph)
• The youth charity 'v' has provided The FA with funding to recruit over 300 new qualified coaches (FA.com)
• Youth urged to do community work for gig tickets (Telegraph)

Friday 15 August 2008

• Students urged to spend gap years in the UK (Third Sector)

• Mothers hailed for unpaid community work (Community Newswire)

Thursday 14 August 2008

• Scots 'are Europe's biggest volunteers' (Third Sector)
• Julia Neuberger tells Mentoring + Befriending Foundation “we’re pretty good at volunteering” (Mentoring and Befriending Foundation)
• Choose trustees more carefully, charities told (Third Sector)
  

Wednesday 13 August 2008

• Checks don't put off volunteers, says charity (The Journal Online)
• Free global volunteering scheme gives school-leavers a chance to get a world ahead! (Ethic Press Releases)

Tuesday 12 August 2008

• Accountants break 1m barrier for Help the Hospices (ThirdSector)
• Mayor signs up to 'clean and green' London with City Hall staff volunteer scheme (BiP Solutions Ltd)
• My story: why I chose not to go to uni (The Independent)

Thursday 7 August 2008

• Time for the Community (Abbey National)
• Social entrepreneur takes matters in hand (The List)

Wednesday 6 August 2008

• Public 'still think charities are run by volunteers' (Third Sector)
• KPMG hits £1million milestone for Help the Hospices (KPMG)
• Accusations all round over loss of radio volunteering programme (Third Sector)

Tuesday 5 August 2008

• Businesses encouraged to start ESV schemes (CAF Online)
• PM cements sectors delivery role while Hope demands evidence
  (Charity finance)
• Migrant volunteer plan is welcomed (ThirdSector)

Monday 4 August 2008

• Institute of Fundraising calls for volunteer input (Community Newswire)
• Survey to assess politicians' understanding of the sector (Third Sector)

Friday 1 August 2008

• Heart attack victim becomes transport service volunteer (British Red Cross)
• English National Youth Arts Network Launches New Campaign:'Young Arts Leaders' (Tower Hamlets London Borough Council)
• A culture of volunteering (Irish Independent)

Thursday 31 July 2008

• Small Businesses urged to give more to charity (Birmingham Post)
  
• Third sector managers 'have skills gaps' (Third Sector)
• Government launches Bristol search for role models to inspire Black boys(Communities and Local Government)
  

Wednesday 30 July 2008

• Small businesses encouraged to start volunteer schemes (UK Fundraising)
• Volunteers quit York CAB in protest over 'sacking' (Third Sector)

Tuesday 29 July 2008

• Rising costs of volunteer travel (Voluntary News)
• Volunteering 61 Million Strong in US (Corporation for National & Community Service )

Monday 28 July 2008

• Volunteers essential to NHS report shows(Community Newswire)
• Samaritans hires staff to meet rising demand (Third Sector)

Friday 25 July 2008

• V to match fund youth volunteering projects (UK Fundraising)
• Health check: a practical guide to assessing the impact of volunteering in the NHS (Networks.nhs.uk)
• New guidance on CRB checks for volunteers (Police Professional)
  

Thursday 24 July 2008

• Support for extra bank holiday plan (News and Star)
• Volunteering: Helping To Remind People Of What Society Is Supposed To Be All About (Easy Articles)
  

Wednesday 23 July 2008

• Work - or lose your handouts: Jobless will have to pick up litter to earn benefit (Evening Standard)
• Documentary film-makers will pitch to charities(Third Sector)
• The Department of Health has said its new main funding programme for charities could switch from providing only grants to a mixture of grants and contracts. (Third Sector)
  

Tuesday 22 July 2008

• Jobless will be forced to pick up litter and clean graffiti in radical welfare overhaul (This is London)
• 'Public Services and the Third Sector: Rhetoric and Reality’ report
  Philantrhopy UK
• Real People, Real Power, Real Relationships (Egov Monitor)

Friday 18 July 2008

• Business scheme for disabled off to strong start (Community Newswire)
• Clearer, Fairer Funding for the Third Sector (UK Department of Health)
• Councils: UK's ageing population needs things to do, commission warns(Guardian)
  

Thursday 17 July 2008

• Clark laments low profile of The Office of the Third Sector (Charityfinance)
• PROTECTING CHILDREN 'PARAMOUNT' SAYS BEFRIENDING FOUNDATION(Community Newswire)
• Government launches 30m fund (ThirdSector)
  

Wednesday 16 July 2008

• Public Services Forum: Access to skills, Trade Unions and advice in Government contracting (Cabinet Office)
• Little at Large - Compact's alter-ego would have Mussolini at the helm (Third Sector)
• SMALL GRANTS FOR VOLUNTARY SECTOR GOOD PRACTICE EVENTS(Community News Wire
  

Tuesday 15 July 2008

• Voluntary sector becomes council priority (abeceder)
• Liberal Democrats launch proposals to tackle youth crime - Huhne (Liberal Democrat Party)
• Vodafone to pay volunteers' salaries (ThirdSector)

Monday 14 July 2008

• What's wrong with offering an incentive? (Guardian Unlimited)
• Linking schools with volunteers (Peterborough Today)
  
• Community power plans 'have good potential' (Guardian News)
  

Friday 11 July 2008

• Music tickets in exchange for volunteering work (Guardian Unlimited)
• PM cements sector’s delivery role while Hope demands evidence(Charityfinance)
• Rugby Union and v boost for youth volunteering (RFU)
  

Thursday 10 July 2008

• Thomas Cook meets minister over bank holiday campaign (Travel Weekly)
  
• White Paper delivers power shift to local people (Communities and Local Government)
• Barat and Burgess launch Orange community gigs (Ananova)

• A £10m research contract for Birmingham University (Birmingham Post)
  

Wednesday 9 July 2008

• Tickets incentive for volunteering (Third Sector)
  
• VSO on the hunt for fundraisers to volunteer abroad (ThirdSector)
  
• Criminal records checks for volunteers (abeceder)

Tuesday 8 July 2008

• Call for review of voluntary sector agreement (Community Newswire)
• Busta Rhymes will play a free gig at London's Royal Albert Hall for young volunteers in the city.(NME)
• How will the charitable sector keep finding donors in an economic downturn? (Guardian Unlimited)

Monday 7 July 2008

• Hundreds of innocent people 'wrongly branded criminals', by CRB checks (Telegraph)
• Vodafone Foundation offers chance to work for charities (Personnel Today)
• Enterprise education: a breeding ground for volunteers (Guardian)

Friday 4 July 2008

• Top-tier councils choose third sector as a priority (Public Finance Magazine)
• School governors told 'get insured' over danger of litigious parents (The Times)
• Taking Action to Change the World (Women Today Magazine)

Thursday 3 July 2008

• Volunteering: MPs asked to join young volunteers (cypnow)
• Boris Johnson claims "obsession" with paedophiles prevents us being sporting champions (Sunday Mirror)
• For many, the Compact can be bureaucratic and hard work. For me, it means collaboration (ThirdSector)
  

Wednesday 2 July 2008

• Independence 'is more important than funding' (Third Sector)
• Local charities left smarting as health contracts go elsewhere (Third Sector)
• Councils prioritise voluntary sector (Guardian)
• Groups hit back on CRB Checks (This is Courier)
• Interview: Community spirit - Phil Hope, minister for the third sector and social exclusion (cypnow)
  

Tuesday 1 July 2008

• Vulnerable people to benefit as majority of local councils make third sector a top priority (Government News Network)
• Loan fund backs sector bodies in contract bids (Third Sector)
• Social care workforce(Community Care)

Monday 30 June 2008

• Department of Health, Opportunities for Volunteering (Scope)
• Parents banned from ferrying children to sports matches(Telegraph)
  

• We're all victims in Meg Hillier's mad world (Telegraph)

Friday 27 June 2008

• NHS review to push for more nurse-led care (Guardian)
• Thou shalt not hug (New Statesman)
• Volunteering opportunities for healthcare professionals (Diabetes UK)

Thursday 26 June 2008

• Quarter of adults face 'anti-paedophile' test (Telegraph)
• VSO - Still volunteering at 50 (Developments Magazine)
• Flood report: Call to give charities a bigger role (Guardian)

Wednesday 25 June 2008

• Arts chief calls for links with sector (Third Sector)
• Community groups' struggle to find volunteers (Guardian Unlimited)
• Is this the end for the third sector? (Third Sector)

Tuesday 24 June 2008

• Vita Activa: the future of volunteering (Life Matters - link to audio interview)
• Commission studies effect of Compact on hospices(Third Sector)
• Neighbourhood Audit early figures are ‘impressive’ says David Orr(iN Business)

Monday 23 June 2008

• Child protection rules could see youngsters banned from sport and hobby clubs (Daily Telegraph)
• BAA Communities Trust supports Global Xchange for fifth year (UK Fundraising)
• Funding Commission for civil society to be established (Charity Times)
  

Friday 20 June 2008

• NCVO urges Tories to outline stance on campaigning (Third Sector)
• Daggett leaves Compact job for Volunteering England role (Third Sector)
  
• £5m Euro cash boost to keep youngsters out of dole queue (news.scotsman.com)
  

Thursday 19 June 2008

• Charity leaders still confident in own organisations despite financial squeeze (Charity Finance)
• Arts umbrella body pushes for closer involvement with sector(Third Sector)
• Neighbourhood Watch website launched in Neighbourhood Watch Week(Home Office)
  

Wednesday 18 June 2008

• Volunteer groups wait for funding (Third Sector)
• V challenges MPs to volunteer alongside 16-25s this summer(Politics.co.uk)
• New direction for Sport England (Sport England)
  

Tuesday 17 June 2008

• Third sector appeals for charity to begin at home with HR help (Personnel Today)
• How to Have a Lousy, Miserable, Failed Tenure as a Volunteer Board Member (KnowHow-Now.com)
• New comprehensive guide to Britain's black Christian Community...selling fast! (Black UK Online)

Monday 16 June 2008

• NCVO creates Funding Commission (UK Fundraising)
  
• Milburn backs statutory powers for the Compact (Third Sector)
• Public sector 'must consult charities'(Charities Aid Foundation)

Friday 13 June 2008

• Collaboration: Should the umbrellas all get together? (Third Sector)
  
• Campaign: Red Cross uses social networks for HIV alerts - Voluntary Sector (PR Week)
• C of E volunteers 'add civic value' to the nation (Church Times)

Thursday June May 2008

• Charity survey points to sector ‘squeeze’(Community Newswire)
• Hope and Maude get spiky in Commons volunteering debate(Charity Finance)
  
• Prentice challenges next generation of leaders(News Distribution Service - Government)

Wednesday 11 June 2008

• Institute creates website for volunteer fundraisers(Third Sector)
• Government unveils 255 million drive 'to improve lives of carers' (24dash)
  
• Volunteer centres need funding to attract 2012 volunteers (Third Sector)

Tuesday 10 June 2008

• Volunteer centres need funding for 2012 volunteers (Third Sector)
  
• Rainer bags volunteering quality accreditation (Third Sector)
• London 2012 launch new logo for non-commercial groups(Insidethegames.com)

Monday 9 June 2008

• Free swimming plan for over 60s at the forefront (a2mediagroup)
• Tell us what you think of our bills, Hope tells charities (Third Sector)
• Government and opposition show support for volunteering (Scouts.org.uk)

Friday 6 June 2008

• Morgan Inquiry met with criticism from volunteering body (Charity Times)
• New Guidance on CRB Checks for Volunteers (SourceUK.net)
• Recognition for volunteers’ skills (Parliament.uk - Hansard)
  

Thursday 5 June 2008

• A quarter of UK adults to go on child protection database (The Register)
• Jobseekers on benefits 'should be able to volunteer' (Charity Finance)
• Tories to axe Big Lottery Fund in favour of new body (New Start)
  

Wednesday 4 June 2008

• Minister calls on the third sector to speak out (Government News Distribution Service)
• New CRB check advice published (Third Sector)
• The effect of rising petrol prices on volunteering (Energize)
• Tories urge time off to volunteer (BBC News)
  

Tuesday 3 June 2008

• Jobcentres and employers urged to value volunteering with a day off (The Guardian)
• Happy Volunteers more important than recruitment (Community Newswire)
• Top award for volunteer couriers (BBC online)

Friday 23 May 2008

• IBM employees volunteer for charitable scheme (Yahoo News)
• Accreditation to recognise volunteers' skills (Third Sector)
• New youth volunteering project would benefit Formby (icseftonand westlancs)

Thursday 22 May 2008

• Queen hosts reception for volunteers (Yorkshire Post)
• Make volunteering easier, says MP (The Bolton News)
• Young take up community sports programme in Tower Hamlets (Newham Recorder)

Wednesday 21 May 2008

• VE grant boosts drugs charity (Bradford Telegraph & Argus)
• Free workshops for volunteers (Basildon Echo)
• Charity looks to recruit new faces during Volunteers' Week (Cotswold Journal)

Tuesday 20 May 2008

• New web-based resources to measure the impact of sports volunteers (Leisure Opportunities)
• Volunteers' Week 2008 (Evesham Journal)
• Super volunteers praised for effort (East End Life)

Monday 19 May 2008

• Volunteer in sport with Get Connected (News & Star)
• McDonalds extends commitment to grassroots coaching with v charity partnership (Sponsorship News)
• Time to give our teenagers credit (thisisgloucestershire.co.uk)

Friday 16 May 2008

• New Chief Executive at TimeBank (UK Fundraising)
• Army of volunteers is the lifeblood of our hospices (Woking News & Mail)
• Group drops in to grab volunteers (News Shopper)

Thursday 15 May 2008

• New research to help sports clubs harness volunteer power in 2012 build up (insidethegames.com)
• Appeal for photographs of volunteers (Gloucestershire Gazette)
• MP gives v-sign to v (Charity Finance)

Wednesday 14 May 2008

• VE develops volunteering pack for sports centres (Third Sector)
• Journalist explains why she's volunteering with a new mentoring scheme for refugees (Guardian)
• National Cares Action Day draws in business volunteers (Birmingham Post)

Tuesday 13 May 2008

• Quality and capacity in volunteer management (Voluntary News)
• How volunteering in social care helps beat the blues (Primary Care Today)
• Volunteers needed to monitor sex offenders in the community (The Leamington Spa Courier)

Monday 12 May 2008

• BASIS 2 launches to fill gaps in VCS support (Source UK.net)
• New funding advice service from Red Foundation (UK Fundraising)
• Young volunteers secure high praise from police (thevisitor.co.uk)

Friday 9 May 2008

• Nationwide, Abbey and VE increase charity profile (Wiltshire Business Online)
• How FE volunteering helps your community and your CV (Independent)
• Pendle Community Volunteer Awards (Burnley Express)

Thursday 8 May 2008

• Nominations sought for Volunteers' Week awards (Echo)
• Schools team up with business for volunteering scheme (York Press)
• New Green Gym launched in Wakefield (Wakefield Express)

Wednesday 7 May 2008

• Management matters: findings from a national survey of volunteer management capacity (Egovmonitor)
• Volunteering in non-Muslim organisations (Islam Online)
• Trust hits 50,000 volunteer mark (Third Sector)

Tuesday 6 May 2008

• New volunteering scheme launched with support of 1.3m diaspora (Hindu Council UK)
• Volunteers 'needed to strengthen fractured society' (Community Newswire)
• University volunteers are rewarded for their efforts (thisisplymouth.co.uk)

Friday 2 May 2008

• Time to end the nation's 30 year wait for a Bank Holiday (TUC)
• Symposium on student volunteering in the 21st Century (Trinity College Dublin)
• Health volunteers sought (Surrey Hants Star)

Thursday 1 May 2008

• Call for volunteering Bank Holiday (MSN.com)
• Help the Aged reveals '10 minimum requirements for communities' (24dash.com)
• Accreditation for youth volunteer workers proposed (Voluntary News)

Wednesday 30th April 2008

• Volunteering: the spirit of the age? (Third Sector)
• Government ditches plans to tax expenses for volunteers (Third Sector)
• Charities 'should use skills of retired volunteers' (Third Sector)

Tuesday 29 April 2008

• Don't all put your hands up (Times Online)
• 400th Londoner receives sport coaching boost (Sillsactive.com)
• Workshops for creative minds (This is Exeter)
  

Monday 28 April 2008

• Soccer dads ‘holding back British talent’ (Times Online)
• Initiative aims to link up community groups A NEW initiative has been launched (South Yorkshire Times)
• Volunteering research in small and community organisations (Voluntary News)
  

Friday 25 April 2008

• New guidelines on volunteering and benefits (Third Sector)
• Call for shake-up in managing volunteers(Public Net)
  

Thursday 24 April 2008

• Volunteer support funding 'scandalous' says VE chief (Charity Finance)
  

Wednesday 23 April 2008

• Job hunters 'put off' unpaid work (Third Sector)
• Sector 'has enough' volunteers (Third Sector)
• Lobbying 'should be better planned' (Third Sector)
  

Tuesday 22 April 2008

• Nivda offers free membership (Third Sector)
• Scout movement with the times as numbers grow (Liverpool Daily Post)
• Reporter volunteers at PDSA charity shop (Bournemouth Echo)

Monday 21 April 2008

• Scout numbers see biggest rise in 20 years (Independent)
• Community sport scheme (The Star)
• Hard working college volunteers are hailed at celebration evening (Chester and District Standard)

Thursday 17 April 2008

• Third Sector university proposed (New Start)
• Thurrock VC set to say "thanks" to volunteers (Thurrock Gazette)
• The MBA for the voluntary sector (The Times)

Wednesday 16 April 2008

• News analysis: will the vetting system help us? (Third Sector)
• Measuring regular volunteering (Voluntary News)
• College offers volunteer qualifications (Peterborough Today)

Tuesday 15 April 2008

• New Forest celebration at Volunteer Centre (thisiswiltshire.co.uk)
• Councils fail to seek opinions from older volunteers (Wiltshire Gazette & Herald)
• Charlie Dimmock calls for CSV Action Earth volunteers (Southern Daily Echo)

Monday 14 April 2008

• Involving volunteers on a budget (Voluntary News)
• A night of recognition for student volunteers (thisisdevon.co.uk)
• Rewarding young people for pro-social bahaviour (PublicNet)

Thursday 10 April 2008

• Is volunteering a substitute for a Masters? (Independent)
• Charity taking UK lead for volunteers (thisiscornwall.co.uk)
• Volunteers in a league of their own (Newham Recorder)

Wednesday 9 April 2008

• Nick Cater's picks of the week: Volunteering England National Convention (Third Sector)
• A day long strike would show volunteers' worth, says Hoodless (Charity Finance)
• Young get greater role in community (Cambridge News)

Tuesday 8 April 2008

• Is socialism compatible with volunteering? (NFP Synergy)
• YMCA seeks 8,000 young people in Surrey to volunteer (YMCA)
• New Welsh initiative to encourage over-50s to volunteer (thisisswansea.co.uk)

Monday 7 April 2008

• How the Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme is win-win for all (Yorkshire Post)
• Volunteer stars in Goldstar guide (News Guardian)
• Teesside Millennium Volunteers celebrate (Evening Gazette)

Friday 4 April 2008

• British Waterways launches volunteering drive (Third Sector)
• Call to recognise volunteer work (icwolverhampton.co.uk)
• Survey shows 'apathy' towards 2012 Olympics (24dash.com)

Thursday 3 April 2008

• New hours for volunteer centres (Tavistock Today)
• Charity WLTM city slickers with TLC (Management Today)
• Volunteering will help youngsters combat hoodie image (Community Newswire)

Wednesday 2 April 2008

• Volunteering chief rejects incentives for students (Charity Finance)
• New criminal record checks free for volunteers (Third Sector)
• What else can a volunteer do? (Society Guardian)

Tuesday 1 April 2008

• Scottish government ends funding for Volunteer Centres (Third Sector)
• ChangeUp support services open thier doors (Third Sector)
• Volunteering for the socially excluded (Voluntary News)

Monday 31 March 2008

• Help with Employer Supported Volunteering (Voluntary News)
• Relaunch of volunteering service (Northern Echo)
• Out of a job? At least you can volunteer (Third Sector)

Thursday 27 March 2008

• Volunteering England Convention to examine 2012 legacy and volunteer checks (CAF Online)
• Consultation on how volunteering can contribute to informal adult learning (Skillsactive)
• Small charities offered chance to lobby politicians (Community Newswire)

Wednesday 26 March 2008

• Volunteering England helps small businesses make a big impact (Institute of Engineering and Technology)
• BTCV report highlights increase in disabled volunteers (Third Sector)
• Volunteer students have that V factor (Burnley Express)

Thursday 20 March 2008

• VE to bring together three sectors at national convention (Third Sector)
• New bursaries for volunteers (Third Sector)
• Former rebel vows to make voting 'trendy' among young (THES)

Wednesday 19 March 2008

• Reaching out to volunteers (Guardian)
• Hackney residents grab the chance to get involved with 2012 Olympics (24dash.com)
• New home for city volunteers (Evening News 24)

Tuesday 18 March 2008

• Official moves on volunteering (Voluntary News)
• Fund to encourage public sector staff to volunteer (Third Sector)
• Southwark's volunteers shine (London SE1)

Monday 17 March 2008

• Volunteers receive pension boost (BBC News)
• Pay up if you want to have volunteers (Thisistotalessex.co.uk)
• IT volunteering scheme celebrates milestone (Community Newswire)

Friday 14 March 2008

• Half a century of volunteering: VSO at 50 (DFID)
• Age no bar to police volunteer challenge (Cleveland Police)
• Homeless people helped by students sports coaching team (Durham University)

Thursday 13 March 2008

• Ministers ponder volunteering perks (New Start)
• Volunteers do BT proud in East Midlands (Thisisnottingham)
• Voluntary workers may be entitled to childcare costs (Charity Finance)

Wednesday 12 March 2008

• Bill could lift restrictions on volunteers' expenses (Third Sector)
• 'Hubs' will encourage volunteering in public services, says Neuberger (Third Sector)
• KPMG awarded three stars for "extraordinary" level of employee engagement (Accounting Education)

Tuesday 11 March 2008

• The real future of volunteering? (Charity Finance)
• Volunteer Centre gets cash to help disabled and homeless to volunteer (Community Newswire)
• Changes in the face of volunteering (Voluntary News)

Monday 10 March 2008

• Government announces £6million volunteer funding (Third Sector)
• Volunteering tsar points to hindrance from red tape (Guardian)
• Are volunteers being exploited to deliver public services? (BBC Politics Show)

Friday 7 March 2008

• Volunteering England gets creative with pro bono partnership (Creativematch.co.uk)
• Volunteer support service extends into East Herts (East Herts Herald)
• NSPCC volunteer work gives Andrew new life and career (Thestar.co.uk)

Thursday 6 March 2008

• Volunteer - with the whole family (North Devon Gazette)
• Media contacts outfit launches charity PR guide (Third Sector)
• Spotlight on - working with your local community (Personnel Today)

Wednesday 5 March 2008

• Collaboration will be tough, says Volunteering England (Third Sector)
  
• Volunteering in further education (Voluntary News)
  
• MP calls for extra public holiday (ePolitix.com)
  

Tuesday 4 March 2008

• Innovative methods will entice young volunteers, says IVR report (Third Sector)
• Voluntary work boosts retirees' satisfaction levels (Community Newswire)
• Cash win creates chances for volunteers (Bristol Evening Post)

Monday 3 March 2008

• VE urges Government to support youngsters on return from volunteering overseas (Guardian)
• Community service spreads its wings (Boston Standard)
• National "volunteer shortage" misses Pembrokeshire (Western Telegraph)

Friday 29 February 2008

• New youth volunteering scheme launched (BBC News)
• Search is on for young, enthusiastic volunteers (Grimsby Telegraph)
• What price the volunteers? (Newham Recorder)

Thursday 28 February 2008

• Migrants should not be forced to vounteer, says Volunteering England (Charity Finance)
• Students help at schools for Volunteering Week (Community Newswire)
• Talk therapy, pills, herbs and volunteering cures (The Times)

Wednesday 27 February 2008

• Sector shuns forced volunteering for immigrants (Third Sector)
• Free first aid training for Dorset community volunteers (Dorset Echo)
• Students lend a hand (Nottingham Evening Post)

Tuesday 26 February 2008

• Colleges "can't fund volunteering opportunities" (Third Sector)
• The politics of leisure (New Statesman)
• International volunteer management survey seeks more respondents (Voluntary News)

Monday 25 February 2008

• More effort on volunteering needed by FE colleges says VE (Children & Young People Now)
• Goring students learn about money through volunteering programme (Worthing Herald)
• Charity shope worker says volunteering helps fitness (Halifax Evening Courier)

Friday 22 February 2008

• Breaking the white, middle-class mould of student volunteers (Guardian)
• Lack of referees threatens grassroots football (BBC)
• Thanks for student volunteers (Bridgewater Mercury)

Thursday 21 February 2008

• VE's Mark Restall on the professionalisation of volunteering (Localgov.co.uk)
• Volunteering an incentive for those seeking British citizenship(GNN)
• "Positive effect" of volunteering (Third Sector)

Wednesday 20 February 2008

• ChangeUp funding cuts to cause more job losses (Third Sector)
• Young people to lead communities back to the future (24dash.com)
• Why civil society is an essential part of a truly vital world (The Guardian)

Tuesday 19 February 2008

• Career break: Walk this way (The Independent)
• Building confidence in the criminal justice system (This is Chesire)
• Charity wants more volunteers full of ideas (NewsShopper)

Monday 18 February 2008

• Manchester's student volunteer projects (The Independent)
• New online learning resource for charity workers (UK Fundraising)
• IVR Research supports ESV (ic Coventry)

Wednesday 13 February 2008

• Debate on CRB rumbles on... (Third Sector)
  
• London CVS fails to follow employment procedures (Third Sector)
  
• Home Office 'underhand' in its use of the Compact (Third Sector)

Tuesday 12 February 2008

• Police recruit volunteer officers (BBC News)
• Charity campaign guidance delayed (Voluntary News)
• Warning shot for charities (Shropshire Star)

Monday 11 February 2008

• Groups invited to bid for grants (BBC News)
• VSO invites business and charity professionals to develop through volunteering (Onrec.com)
• B&Q's One Planet Living awards open for entries (UK Fundraising)

Friday 8 February 2008

• Phil Hope discusses the Olympics in Parliament (www.parliament.uk)
• Volunteers in Northfleet celebrate IiV (This is Local London)

Thursday 7 February 2008

• Tories propose new Lottery law (Batley News)
  
• Freud’s recommendations on delivery of welfare-to-work programmes(Third Sector)
  
• All change for Futurebuilders fund(Third Sector)
  

Wednesday 6 February 2008

• Volunteering needs less bureacracy and more support, warns Commission (Business in the Community)
• Website launched for Lambeth's Summer University (Lambeth Council)
• Red tape catches up with pancake racers (Guardian)

Tuesday 5 February 2008

• Campaign to encourage teenage volunteers launched in Birmingham (Birmingham Post)
• Could you be a councillor of the future? (Tower Hamlets)
• The night villagers came to the rescue of drivers (Northern Echo)

Monday 4 February 2008

• How volunteer work can help mental health patients (This is Nottingham)
• Year of Volunteer launched by Gateshead Council (Wigan Today)
• Royston Volunteer Centre to offer increased service (The Royston Crow)

Thursday 31 January 2008

• Volunteer team up for national award (Bridlington Today)
• Volunteers bound by red tape (People Management)
• Volunteers set to lose base (The Westmoreland Gazette)

Wednesday 30 January 2008

• A hard-hitting new report warns that red tape and misguided initiatives are deterring many people from becoming volunteers (Guardian Society)
• Manifesto prompts new research into the real costs of volunteering (Third Sector)
  
• Bursary for human rights volunteers (Law Careers.Net)

Tuesday 29 January 2008

• Time for a volunteering minister, says report (Third Sector)
• IT4Communities shares workshop materials online (UK Fundraising)
• Charity survey deadline looms (Community Newswire)

Monday 28 January 2008

• Red tape 'deterring volunteers' (BBC News Online)
• Register your organisation with the Volunteer Centre Rochdale Borough (Rochdale Online)
• Volunteer student meets prime minister (London Colleges)

Friday 25 January 2008

• 350 ways to get involved in community activities (Spalding Today)
• Free sessions on changes to CRB checks (Kent Online)
• Volunteer organisations come together (Thisiskent.co.uk)

Thursday 24 January 2008

• Why companies must do more to encourage their staff to volunteer (Guardian Unlimited)
• How Muslim women can play a bigger role in civic society (Rochdale Online)
• 'Grey Army' chooses the shops over charity work (Times Online)

Wednesday 23 January 2008

• News analysis: damn lies and volunteer statistics (Third Sector)
• Comment: the state can't foster volunteering (Third Sector)
• MPs support training for young people (The Northern Echo)

Monday 21 January 2008

• How volunteers contribute to Yorkshire's economy (Yorkshire Evening Post)
• Dad says, "I'm no paedophile" (Watford Observer)
• Northumbrian water volunteers cycle path solution (Business in the Community)

Friday 18 January 2008

• Paid volunteering leave vital to CSR success, says new research (Egov Monitor)
• Call for firms to encourage volunteering (Bucks Herald)
• Search for perfect volunteering match (This is Local London)

Thursday 17 January 2008

• First pro-social networking site urges the Facebook generation to develop the "M" factor (sourcewire.com)
• Community hub seeking voluntary sector partner (North Lincs Council)
• Luton's changing agent appointed (Dunstable Today)

Wednesday 16 January 2008

• Warrington earmarked as key sports volunteering town (thisischeshire.co.uk)
• 2007 sees record year for RSPB volunteers (RSPB)
• First volunteer fair boosts recruitment (Newbury Today)

Tuesday 15 January 2008

• Volunteering launch goes with a bang (Swindon Advertiser)
• Police to draft in volunteers (Grantham Journal)
• West Midlands junior volunteers ready to be deployed (Sport Focus)

Monday 14 January 2008

• Charities urged to take on migrant volunteers (Community Newswire)
• Volunteers help with emergency calls (The Cumberland News)
• Rescue team stays faithful to its strength (The Cumberland News)

Friday 11 January 2008

• Promotion for Justin Davis Smith (Third Sector)
• Speed matching volunteering event for young people (Peterborough Evening Telegraph)
• Youngsters urged to take gap years in UK (Community Newswire)

Thursday 10 January 2008

• Charity appeal to teens (Telegraph)
• Cash to help young (thisischeshire.co.uk)
• Event's thank you to volunteers (Harborough Mail)

Wednesday 9 January 2008

• 'Youth-proof' your websites, volunteering groups told (Third Sector)
• Britons should volunteer to improve health and happiness (inthenews.co.uk)
• Why carers need a helping hand (thisiskent.co.uk)

Tuesday 8 January 2008

• VE bid to make charity websites more youth friendly (Community Newswire)
• Cameron - jobless must do community work or lose benefits (Evening Standard)
• Council needs volunteers for unique youth sports project (North Lincolnshire Council)

Monday 7 January 2008

• Challenge the experts at volunteering symposium (Training Zone)
• Rewarding role as hospital volunteer (Lowestoft Journal)
• My experience of volunteering at Crisis Open Christmas (Guardian Unlimited)

Friday 4 January 2008

• A new way for the New Year (Trends in Interiors)
• Cumbria sports volunteers looking for new recruits (Whitehaven News)
• Nottingham Voluntary Action Centre looking to fill 600 volunteer vacancies (Thisisnottingham.co.uk)

Thursday 3 January 2008

• Helpers find generosity is repaid with interest (The Times)
• Volunteers join together (thisiskent.co.uk)
• Scouts appeal for volunteers (Cambridge Evening News)

Wednesday 2 January 2008

• Employees devote 20,000 hours to good causes (Community Newswire)
• Charity launches recruitment bid for volunteers (Community Newswire)
• Volunteer to be agent 4 change (Ealing Gazette)