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  • 24 Mar 2013
    Internship exploitation is part of the low-pay and no-pay culture

    Research published by the TUC suggests that almost 4 in 5 of 18-34 year olds could not afford to live in London away from home to become even unpaid interns.

  • 7 Jan 2013
    Edinburgh Volunteer Charity Fair

    Are you still searching for a meaningful New Year's resolution or for a rewarding way to help charitable endeavour and local communities?

  • 14 Jul 2011
    British youth volunteers arrive in El Salvador

    Ten British young people have arrived in El Salvador to take part in a new faith-supported volunteering scheme offered by the agency Progressio.

  • 22 Jun 2010
    Big society, small cash?

    We need to be vigilant to be sure that budget day is not also doomsday for local communities, especially the vulnerable for whom community and faith organisations exist, says Vaughan Jones, probing behind the government's 'big society' rhetoric and asking how the civil sector will be resourced and supported in a constrained market environment.

  • 11 Jun 2009
    Christian Peacemaker Teams seeks more recruits from the UK

    Christian Peacemaker Teams, an international agency that seeks to 'get in the way' of war and oppression in conflict zones across the world, is seeking more volunteers from Britain, Ireland and mainland Europe.

  • 8 Mar 2008
    Christian Aid welcomes role in new global volunteering scheme

    Christian Aid, which works with people of all faiths and none, has welcomed being chosen as a key partner in a new government-backed global volunteering scheme for disadvantaged 18- to 25-year-olds.