Volunteers' Week 2018: All our coverage

07 Jun 2018 News

For Volunteers' Week we are running a series of opinion pieces on volunteering. We've grouped them all here, as well as some of our key archive content.

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Stories from Volunteers' Week

Stuart Etherington: Why charities should diversify their volunteering opportunities

01 Jun 2018 article

Angela Wilson: We want to be representative of those that need Samaritans the most

04 Jun 2018 article

Jessica Taplin: Why vInspired is opening up the world of volunteering

05 Jun 2018 article

Amanda Medler: I want to celebrate the impact of volunteering for Girlguiding

06 Jun 2018 article

Janet Thorne: Why skills-based volunteering is an untapped resource for charities

07 Jun 2018 article

Fabian French: Why celebrating volunteers is important for UK Community Foundations

07 Jun 2018 article

Other key volunteering news and voices

250 groups receive Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

04 Jun 2018 article

vInspired launches volunteering reward card scheme

10 May 2018 article

The Scout Association unveils new strategy and branding

15 May 2018 article

Royal Voluntary Service formalises partnership to double NHS volunteering

03 May 2018 article

Charities have ‘no appetite' to protect volunteers, MPs told

01 May 2018 article

NCS evaluation shows value for money greater than cost

03 Jan 2018 article

Simon Lewis: How community reserve volunteers allow us to mobilise kindness

30 Apr 2018 article

Mike Adamson: The voluntary sector can learn from the emergencies of last year

22 Mar 2018 article

‘Employees should not be exploited in the name of charity’ warns NCVO CEO

16 Apr 2018 article

'Our shops are a safe place for staff and volunteers,' Oxfam CEO says

14 Feb 2018 article

No new legal status needed for full-time volunteering, review concludes

05 Feb 2018 article

Marie Curie launches campaign to recruit more volunteers

04 Jan 2018 article

Charities invited to join volunteer pledge campaign

02 Jan 2018 article

New organisation launched to double volunteering in hospitals

07 Dec 2017 article

Catherine Johnstone: Unlocking the potential of volunteers in hospitals

07 Dec 2017 article

Diversity 'a big challenge' for charity volunteering, finds NCVO report

29 Nov 2017 article

DfID and VSO's volunteer programme criticised by NAO report

28 Nov 2017 article

Legal status for full-time volunteers risks abuse by 'unscrupulous people'

16 Nov 2017 article

Girlguiding launches new volunteering recruitment campaign

15 Nov 2017 article

'No space for legislation on full-time volunteering before Brexit', says peer

08 Nov 2017 article

Girlguiding splits chief guide role into two

08 Nov 2017 article

11 charities call for legal status for full-time volunteering

26 Oct 2017 article

British Red Cross to recruit 10,000 local volunteers

31 Oct 2017 article

We need more support for flexible volunteering, says Scouts CEO

12 Oct 2017 article

‘There are questions over full-time volunteering’, says NCVO director

03 Oct 2017 article

Charity leaders 'neglect management of volunteers' says Acevo CEO

19 Oct 2017 article

Charities with public contracts have fewer volunteers, finds research

25 Sep 2017 article

Charities consulted on how to boost ‘full-time’ youth volunteering

07 Sep 2017 article

Sophie Livingstone: Why the government should back full-time volunteering

22 Aug 2017 article

Community Life Survey data reveals biggest barriers to volunteering

10 Aug 2017 article

National Trust embroiled in row with volunteers over LGBTQ badges

07 Aug 2017 article

Government accused of 'broken promise' on three-day volunteering pledge

19 Jul 2017 article

'Flexible volunteering essential for survival' says Scout Association commissioner

05 Jun 2017 article

David Ainsworth: Where’s the government's three-day volunteering pledge?

11 Apr 2017 article

MPs publish highly critical report into National Citizen Service

14 Mar 2017 article

Charities 'must make it easier' for older people to volunteer

28 Feb 2017 article

In-depth volunteering articles

Matt Hyde: Why the Scouts needs to keep growing

01 Jun 2018 article

Simon Hopkins and Lynne Regan: Ensuring the finance team benefits from volunteering

01 Sep 2017 article

What can volunteers tell us about managing paid staff?

01 Sep 2017 article

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