2007 Press releases

7 December 2007

• Press release: Helping homeless or year- round commitment top Christmas volunteering priorities

6 December 2007

• Press release: Researchers must resist government encroachment or risk losing independence

5 Decebmer 2007

• Volunteering England calls for sustainable funding on International Volunteer Day

30 November 2007

• Press release: Childcare expense decision creates barriers for low income volunteers

29 November 2007

• Press release: Responding to the New Education and Skills Bill - “Deliberate loophole threatens the nature of volunteering”, says VE

21 November 2007

• Volunteering England to lead Modernising Volunteering workstream

7 November 2007

• Press release: Volunteers recognised at National Justice Awards

30 October 2007

• Press release: Risk report echoes VE research findings

29 October 2007

• Press release: Community Day holiday would give huge boost to the UK’s 20 million volunteers

16 October 2007

• Press release: PDSA first national charity to achieve volunteering quality standard

11 October 2007

• Press release: Yorkshire Water pioneers new volunteering quality mark

10 October 2007

• Press release: New report provides strongest ever evidence of impact of volunteering

8 October 2007

• Press release: Government urged to “invest to boost sporting chance of volunteer coaches”

4 October 2007

• Press release: FE sector urged to give evidence of volunteer impact

18 September 2007

• Press release: Christopher Spence to retire as Chief Executive of Volunteering England

7 September 2007

• Volunteering England appoints new Grants Manager

6 September 2007

• Volunteering England comments on Cameron's Citizen Service
• Volunteering England responds to statement on the future of CapacityBuilders

5 September 2007

• Press release: Popularity of volunteering and giving revealed in extensive national survey

1 August 2007

• Volunteering England urges local authorities to show volunteer value

25 July 2007

• Press diary notice: Employer Supported Volunteering Conference, 18 September 2007
• Volunteering England’s initial response to Third Sector Review

16 July 2007

• Press release: Volunteering will lose out – VE “very disappointed” by Capacitybuilders’ decision

9 July 2007

• Press release: Countdown to volunteer award deadline – enter your ESV scheme now!

2 July 2007

• Press Release: Volunteering England welcomes Phil Hope as new Minister for Third Sector

22 June 2007

• Press release: Volunteering England campaigns to “keep volunteering at the heart of ChangeUp”

1 June 2007

• Press release: Volunteering England celebrates Volunteers’ Week with new web resources
• Press release: Take a risk for Volunteers’ Week
• Press release: South Westerners “most community spirited” in England

9 May 2007

• Volunteering England welcomes deaf volunteers online

4 May 2007

• You don’t have to be big to give something back

29 March 2007

• Volunteering England appoints new strategic development officers

21 March 2007

• Volunteering England responds to Budget report

28 February 2007

• Volunteering England responds to debate on the integration of migrants

22 February 2007

• Volunteers want to know “what’s in it for me?”

19 January 2007

• Professionalisation “good for volunteering sector”

18 January 2007

• Volunteering England appoints new Quality and Accreditation Manager

16 January 2007

• Volunteering England response to “Pop Idol funding approach”

15 January 2007

• Changes at Volunteering England