Comment: Volunteering cannot be compulsory

By John Knight, Third Sector, 28 November 2007

When is volunteering not volunteering? When it becomes compulsory.

Definitions of volunteering can vary, but generally they contain three core components - it is done by choice, without monetary reward (bar basic expenses) and for the benefit of the community. Most readers of this column will clearly understand what volunteers are and what they do. They are a defining...

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