Extract from Lords debate on Volunteering - Feb 21
Thursday, 22 February 2018 08:40
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Digital,
Culture, Media and Sport (Lord Ashton of Hyde) (Con):...Since 2013,
more than £36 million has been invested in the Centre for Social
Action to harness the power of social action and put it at the
heart of communities and public services. The centre supports
innovative ideas for bringing volunteering into public service
delivery, concentrating on the roles that are shown to make the
most impact in a variety of sectors. For...Request free trial
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Lord Ashton of Hyde)
(Con):...Since 2013, more than £36 million has been
invested in the Centre for Social Action to harness the power of
social action and put it at the heart of communities and public
services. The centre supports innovative ideas for bringing
volunteering into public service delivery, concentrating on the
roles that are shown to make the most impact in a variety of
sectors. For example, through the Q-Volunteering programme,
volunteers complement the work of clinical staff to ease pressures
on the NHS. To help improve the scale and diversity of volunteering
in Sport, Sport England launched two new volunteering
funds worth £6 million to create meaningful volunteering
opportunities for people from economically disadvantaged
communities...
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