Time for a volunteering minister, says report

By Indira Das-Gupta, Third Sector, 28 January 2008

The Government should make a cabinet minister responsible for volunteering and plough an extra £6m into encouraging people to take part, according to the Commission on the Future of Volunteering.

The commission’s final report, Manifesto for Change , claims that the Government could do much more to ensure that volunteering becomes “part of the DNA of our society” and throws down the gauntlet by making a series of far-reaching recommendations. It also suggests some actions that the sector should take....

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