2008
December 2008
Volunteering England has submitted recommendations to the Office of the Third Sector, which details how the Government's Action Plan can provide better support for the volunteering sector during the time of economic recession.
Volunteering England has responded to the Department for Work and Pensions' consultation paper "The Social Fund: A New Approach".
Volunteering England has responded to "Communities in Control: Real people, real power, Standing for Office: Time-Off Entitlements", a consultation by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
November 2008
Volunteering England has responded to the Commission for the Compact's Consultation "Debating the Future of the Compact".
Volunteering England has submitted a formal response to the Higher Education Funding Council for England’s (HEFCE) consultation paper “Future support for teaching enhancement and widening participation: Consultation on changes to the teaching funding method". It outlines our thoughts on implications for student volunteering within higher education institutions.
(please refer directly below for a link to the HEFCE consultation paper and an explanatory briefing.)
October 2008
Volunteering England and the Workers in Student Community Volunteering (WiSCV) support network have published a joint briefing paper. It responds to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)consultation looking at changes to the funding of teaching enhancement and widening participation.
Volunteering England has responded to the Joint Inspectorate Proposals for Consultation "Comprehensive Area Agreement".
Volunteering England has responded to the Department of Work and Pensions' Green Paper "No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility".
Volunteering England has also responded to the Department of Health's consultation on "The NHS Constitution".
September 2008
Volunteering England has responded to the Department of Health's consultation "Towards a strategy to support volunteering in health and social care".
Sport England has been consulting on how it spends £56 million a year of lottery funding.
These changes will take place from April 2009, when Sport England, the non-departmental public body for community sport, has proposed changes to the way they distribute their lottery funding. The consultation closed on Tuesday 17 September, 2008.
August 2008
European Parliament adopts declaration calling on 2011 to be declared European Year of Volunteering
Thanks to everyone who wrote to their Members of the European Parliament encouraging them to sign up to the declaration calling for 2011 to be declared as the European Year of Volunteering. Signatures of 454 MEPs and the endorsement of 17 major volunteering networks, including Volunteering England, have made this declaration one of the most popular in recent years. Only two other declarations of the European Parliament have received a higher score over the past four years. This is a clear sign of the importance the representatives of the European institution give to the contribution of more than 100 million European volunteers to our society.
18 July 2008
Volunteering England has responded to "Fair Play: a consultation on the play strategy", led by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
14 July 2008
Volunteering England has responded to the Conservative Party Green Paper on Voluntary Action in the 21st Century.
9 July 2008
Volunteering England has published a statement on the issue of volunteer mileage expenses, which has recently become particularly topical within the volunteering sector in the context of fuel prices.
23 June
Sport England recently announced its Strategy for 2008-2011, which will involve closer working with national governing bodies in sport, as well as local authorities.
12 June
The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills recently launched a consultation on Informal Adult Learning - Shaping the Way Ahead.
10 June
The Morgan Inquiry has published its independent report into young adult volunteering in the UK. A number of volunteer-involving organisations and other bodies gave evidence to the Inquiry and it has published a series of recommendations on encouraging more young people to volunteer.
6 June
The Legacy Action Plan for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games has been published. The main themes of the plan address sport, regeneration, young people, sustainability and culture.
5 June 2008
The Department of Health recently launched a consultation on The Future Regulation of Health and Adult Social Care in England.
4 June 2008
The Office of the Third Sector has published new guidance on Criminal Record Bureau checks and volunteering.
3 June 2008
The Department of Health is developing a strategy for Volunteering in Health and Social Care. Volunteering England is pleased that the developments recognise the contribution of volunteers to the NHS and wider public services.
14 May 2008
Volunteering England has responsed to the Border and Immigration Agency consultation on "The path to citizenship: next steps in reforming the immigration system". Amongst other issues it considers encouraging people applying for British citizenship or permanent residence to undertake 'active citizenship' as a method of speeding up their application by two years.
9 May 2008
The European Parliament has recently launched a Written Declaration calling for a Year of Volunteering in 2011 which will help to promote volunteering and the invaluable contribution made by more than 100 million volunteers across Europe.
- Read a joint letter from Volunteering England, CSV and Volunteurope encouraging all Members of the European Parliament to sign the Declaration before the deadline of 9 July 2008 (PDF)
- Read the text of the Written Declaration (PDF)
11 April 2008
10 April 2008
28 March 2008
19 March 2008
7 March 2008
15 February 2008
Volunteering England has responded to the recent multi-agency consultation on the proposed Comprehensive Area Assessment for local government
12 February 2008
- Volunteering England has responded to the consultation on the Ministry of Justice’s “Third Sector Strategy – Improving policies and securing better public services through effective partnerships”.
- Read what we have said here - Volunteering England has responded to the consultation by The National Offender Management Service (NOMS), “Securing effective partnerships to reduce re-offending and protect the public 2008 – 2011.
- Read what we have said here
8 February 2008
6 February 2008
Briefings and statements from other years:
