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UK Volunteering Surges in Recession

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 2nd February 2010 -   There are widespread reports from volunteer-involving organisations in the UK of major increases in enquiries about volunteering and in the numbers of volunteers taken…

US Volunteering Up Amid Tough Economic Times

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 2nd February 2010 -  Americans, it seems, have answered President Obama’s call to service, as the latest US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BSL) show a significant increase in the number of volunteers…

Volunteer Mentor Program Gets Financial Boost

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 2nd February 2010 -  A national volunteer mentoring program called the Golden Gurus is set for a $500,000 funding boost to kickstart its work connecting mature aged volunteers with mentoring opportunities…

UK Donations Expected to Drop in 2010

Lina Caneva, Monday, 1st February 2010 -  In the UK, as the economic downturn wears on, people are more likely to cut back on charitable donations in order to avoid going without clothes, food and fuel, according a new report.…

Social Inclusion Conference Calls for a Fairer Australia

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 28th January 2010 -  The first Social Inclusion Conference has attracted some 450 delegates in Melbourne including international and local experts on social inclusion. The conference follows the…

Call to Action on Health Inequality

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 28th January 2010 -  Radical action is needed to address staggering health inequalities rooted in socio-economic disadvantage, an international public health expert has told the Social Inclusion…

2009 Online Giving Trends

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 28th January 2010 -  While the response to the Haiti Earthquake with online and mobile donations is going through the roof, multinational NFP software provider Blackbaud has analysed the fast moving…
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