New £3m volunteering fund to link generations

By Stephen Cook, Third Sector Online, 5 January 2009

Government plans to recruit 20,000 volunteers to strengthen bonds between young and old

The Government has launched a £3m volunteering fund in a bid to improve interaction between the generations. The Intergenerational Volunteering Fund, worth £1.5m a year for this year and next, was announced by Liam Byrne, Minister for the Cabinet Office . The money is in addition to the £117m the...

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