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    Why volunteering should matter to you!
    SpotLight
    The Jubilee is a great opportunity for the country to to come together and show some community spirit - but how about getting involved during the rest of the year? Claire Murphy takes a look. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee is here! After what seems like months of getting ready for all the different ce...
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    Happy Volunteers' Week!
    News Hound United Kingdom
    Volunteers' Week, which runs from 1-7 June, has been going for over thirty years and has since become the UK's biggest celebration of volunteering. Without the millions of volunteers our nation would be a far worse off place to be in. So many of our public and community services depend on the goodw...
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    A Right Royal Jubilee Year for Charities At Home and Abroad
    SpotLight
    The Queen has supported the same 400 charities since she came to the throne in 1952 As the nation gears up for the Diamond Jubilee this weekend, Jane Johnston looks behind the pomp and ceremony at the Queen's involvement with charities.  Beginning my investigation into how many charities the Queen w...