Labour leadership hopeful David Miliband has called for charitable status to be withdrawn from private schools.

In Richmond upon Thames the population is keen to volunteer, so keen in fact that there aren't enough volunteering positions to fill the demand. Gillian Norton believes this situation isn't rare, and thinks there's more we can do to make the most of the willing.

Nick Brooks has been appointed as president and chairman of the Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association following ten years of serving as a trustee for the organisation.

With the World Cup and Wimbledon in full flow sport is at the top of the agenda in British hearts and minds. Justin Davis Smith looks ahead to what will be the UK's most important sporting event in decades to discuss how the London 2012 Olympics will drive volunteering into a new era.