Five days leave to volunteer for council workers

Liverpool Council to give their staff 5 days leave a year to volunteer...

Offenders will be deployed in new community payback scheme

The fast-track plan will see offenders taken from the dock to be assessed and allocated to a community payback squad.

The pilot, which will be run at Glasgow Sheriff Court, will bring together community service and social work staff working in the vicinity.

Video: 'Cutting It - Big Society and the new austerity'

We've added a video clip of the RSA event that took place last week which launched the report on Big Society by the New Economics Foundation.

New opportunities to volunteer in Lancashire

People in Lancashire who have time to spare and want to make a difference in their communities, will soon be able to take advantage of new volunteering opportunities throughout the county.

Volunteer landscape ambassadors in Mendip Hills

Volunteers have been trained to help visitors to the Mendip Hills get the most from their day out.

The rangers and wardens who look after the special sites are encouraged to approach those unfamiliar with the landscape to pass on their knowledge.

Volunteer Graduate Programmes for Third Sector

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Faith and hope - but little charity

Volunteer drivers say they can not afford to drive

Elderly and vulnerable people in the South West could miss vital health appointments because of a growing shortage of volunteer drivers.

That is the warning from charities and volunteer support groups who say out of date mileage rates are driving volunteers away.

Haiti charity single tops UK chart

Everybody Hurts, recorded to help Haiti's earthquake victims, has sold more than 453,000 copies in its first week to go straight to number one.

The record has notched up the biggest first week sales of any charity track this century, the Official UK Charts Company (OCC) has confirmed.

Volunteer centres urged to increase charges

Greater London Volunteering says move is necessary to combat "crisis" in funding

Greater London Volunteering, the umbrella body for volunteer centres in the capital, will encourage its members to start charging more money for some of their services...

Study highlights the benefits for volunteering

Volunteering has many psychological benefits and may improve people's enjoyment of work, a study published today has found.

Dr Eva J. Mojza and colleagues from the University of Konstanz, Germany, studied how people with full-time jobs were affected by volunteering.