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					<title><![CDATA[Sector figures loom large on safeguarding authority board]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Four voluntary sector leaders are among the 10 board members appointed today by the Independent Safeguarding Authority, which will oversee the new vetting and barring scheme for people working with children and vulnerable adults.]]></description>
					<author>Emma Maier</author>
					<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[TimeBank appoints new chief executive]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Volunteering charity TimeBank has appointed the fundraising director at the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association as its new chief executive.]]></description>
					<author>Andy Ricketts</author>
					<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 09:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Volunteering pack for sports centres]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Volunteering/rss/article/808626/Volunteering-pack-sports-centres/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Volunteering England and the Institute of Volunteering Research have launched a pack to help sports clubs measure the impact of their volunteers.]]></description>
					<author>Rosie Walker</author>
					<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Consortium plans volunteer recruitment drive]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Volunteering/rss/article/808553/Consortium-plans-volunteer-recruitment-drive/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Three voluntary youth work groups have formed a consortium to encourage more people in the Humber region to train for volunteer work with young people.]]></description>
					<author>Rosie Walker</author>
					<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Finance directors urged to join audit committees]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Volunteering/rss/article/807167/Finance-directors-urged-join-audit-committees/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Finance directors should volunteer as independent members of audit and risk committees at larger charities and build up the skills they need to become chief executives, according to trustee support organisation Charity Trustee Networks.]]></description>
					<author>Paul Jump</author>
					<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Rainbows hopes sunflowers will attract volunteers]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Volunteering/rss/article/806996/Rainbows-hopes-sunflowers-will-attract-volunteers/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Girlguiding UK's youngest members are encouraging adults to volunteer by growing sunflowers for their leaders and members of their local communities.]]></description>
					<author>Marianne Powell</author>
					<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 06:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Trust hits 50,000 volunteer mark]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Volunteering/rss/article/806994/Trust-hits-50000-volunteer-mark/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The National Trust now has more than 50,000 volunteers, according to new figures released by the charity. The volunteers give more than three million hours of their time each year, and their work is worth more than £20m, the charity said.]]></description>
					<author>Marianne Powell</author>
					<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 06:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Government ditches plans to tax expenses for volunteers]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Volunteering/rss/article/805849/Government-ditches-plans-tax-expenses-volunteers/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The Charity Tax Group has persuaded the Government to drop plans that would have forced volunteers onto the payroll and imposed tax on their expense claims.]]></description>
					<author>Helen Warrell</author>
					<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Charities 'should use skills of retired volunteers']]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Volunteering/rss/article/805285/Charities-should-use-skills-retired-volunteers/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Charities should tap into a new trend for volunteering after retirement, according to new research.]]></description>
					<author>Marianne Powell</author>
					<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Volunteer accreditation scheme proposed]]></title>
					<link>http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/Volunteering/rss/article/804958/Volunteer-accreditation-scheme-proposed/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services has asked the Department for Children, Schools and Families to fund an accreditation scheme for volunteer youth workers.]]></description>
					<author>Emma Maier</author>
					<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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