Volunteer schemes 'not effective'

By Indira Das-Gupta, Third Sector Online, 9 January 2008

High-profile government-funded initiatives aimed at boosting volunteering have not delivered results, according to a new report by sector think tank npfSynergy.

The report is based on interviews with a representative sample of 1,000 people over the age of 16, conducted three times a year since 2001. The results show that the proportion of respondents who volunteer has remained static at 19 per cent in the past 12 months, but has fallen...

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