There’s a lot of ‘noise’ in the press and in the sector about volunteering, about funding, about philanthropy and about the Big Society and I think it is increasingly difficult to understand and analyse what is happening. These are a few things I think we’re grappling with at the moment and why I... [more]

“They are our future. And today I want to… invest in our young people and to give them hope and opportunity for the future” David Cameron May 2010 We’ve been phoning our member organisations all week, catching up with them, talking about our imminent closure in September and finding out how much lon... [more]

Meanwhile there's a slow burn smouldering... There has been much controversy over the National Citizens Service from its beginnings many moons ago. The initial debate was over whether or not it was compulsory – luckily whoever was in charge saw sense and decided not. Then there was the surprise an... [more]

As part of our campaign YouthQuake we're trying to collect as many different examples of people who volunteered when they were young (or who are young and are volunteering now). In this way we want to highlight what an impact youth volunteering has on the individual and on society as a whole. Sim... [more]