volunteers

July 18, 2019

Methodist event for children and young people calls for volunteers

Around 1200 young people will be attending this year’s 3Generate, the Methodist Children and Youth Assembly, where youth speak out and into the Church on the issues that matter to them.
July 14, 2019

Seafarers' charity calls for greater co-operation to tackle piracy

Apostleship of the Sea is calling for all parties in the shipping and maritime sectors, including shipping companies, agencies and insurers, to provide timely support to seafarers when piracy strikes.
June 26, 2019

Muslims and Christians welcome refugees

Mosques, churches and Christian groups are working together to sponsor a Syrian refugee family who arrive to start their new life in the UK today. (26 June 2019)
June 9, 2019

Global youth gathering to celebrate 100 years of world’s largest humanitarian network

More than 10,000 young Red Cross and Red Crescent leaders and volunteers from 140 countries will gather in northern Italy to celebrate the centenary of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
May 23, 2019

Volunteer who gave food and water to migrants in Arizona desert faces 20 years in jail

Amnesty International has called on the authorities in the US state of Arizona to drop charges against a humanitarian volunteer who is to go on trial for helping migrants in a notoriously dangerous desert area of the state.
April 4, 2019

New safeguarding resources to be developed for voluntary sector

A comprehensive suite of free safeguarding tools and advice will soon be available to the voluntary sector following the award of £570,000 by the National Lottery Community Fund to the Safer Social Sector Partnership.
February 28, 2019

Gaps in equality legislation leave Parliament 'above the law' on sexual harassment

New research has revealed that MPs, Peers, volunteers and staff are unprotected if they are sexually harassed in Parliament. The report by the Fawcett Society and global law firm, Hogan Lovells, found glaring gaps in equality law covering these groups.
February 24, 2019

Mosques to help keep Britain tidy

As part of Visit My Mosque Day, volunteers from over 250 mosques will be supporting street clean up initiatives on Sunday 24 February.
October 24, 2018

Conference sets standards for measuring new and invisible forms of work

The 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians has agreed the first definition of work that goes beyond 'employment' as work performed only for pay or profit.
May 22, 2018

EU humanitarian aid dispatched to contain Ebola outbreak

The EU has announced emergency aid and a humanitarian flight service to contain Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo.