Charities call for national holiday for community action

By Paul Jump 25 May 2007

Four leading voluntary organisations are calling for a new bank holiday in October to celebrate community involvement. The NCVO, CSV, Volunteering England and Navca have joined forces with the TUC to pen a letter to Prime Minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown.

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Development Officer Barking & Dagenham CVS £29,604, London
Head of High Value Events Save the Children £38,000 - £43,000 + pension, Farringdon
Director The Marr-Munning Trust £47,500 per annum FTE salary (£38,000 pro rata) plus pension contribution, London
Head of Volunteering Macmillan Cancer Support £60,000 - £65,000 pa + benefits, London
Membership Payments Officer Royal Pharmaceutical Society 25,000 pro rata, Based at the Society's HQ in London. The offices are in close proximity to Vauxhall and Waterloo.
Head of Volunteering Development Save the Children £45,000-£47,000 + pension, Farringdon
Fundraising Manager (Gloucestershire, Somerset & Dorset) The Air Ambulance Service £25,000-£30,000 p/a, plus benefits, Home Based, South West England to cover Gloucestershire, Somerset & Dorset
Press Officer - Asia Pacific Amnesty International Secretariat £41,124 per annum, London
Fundraising Director National Trust c. £80k + excellent benefits, Heelis, Swindon
Appeals Director Downside Fisher Youth Club (The Downside Settlement) £37, 848 - £40,555 (Inclusive of London Weighting), Southwark, London