Community and voluntary action UK news

• I was in despair about the environmental crisis. Then I volunteered to clean up my local park, Sam Pyrah, theguardian.com (Jan 13, 2025)

• ‘It’s unbelievable the difference a path has made’: how volunteers are building a cycle network a yard at a time, theguardian.com (May 16, 2024)
• ‘This May Day is a Celebration of Work and Innovation’, Dave Proudlove, thestokemodel.com (May 01, 2024)

• People in the UK are volunteering less – it’s not surprising and could get worse, theconversation.com (Aug 04, 2023)
• The shop where the currency is kindness, positive.news (May 16, 2023)

• Charity trustees can invest for positive environmental impact – landmark legal ruling, Pioneers Post (May 05, 2022)

• NGOs must join the dots and back local action to create a decade of progress, Harriet Lamb, May 26, 2021...^[1]
• Deep Revolution. The Alternative UK...^[2] Nov 23, 2020.
• Local people have had to improvise during the pandemic. Could their solutions stick? John Harris...^[3] Nov 22, 2020.
• Charities risk becoming irrelevant, warns new report, Nov 20, 2018...^[4]
• How can we shape the future together? Nov 18, 2018..^[5]
• Matt Kepple: Why we need the voluntary sector's collective expertise, Jul `12, 2018..^[6] asks "Where is our Wikipedia for social change?"...How about right here? CASwiki and Appropedia? Philralph (talk) 10:58, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

References

• Getting involved: more of the people, more of the time? Nov 29, 2017...^[1]
• New Hub for London gets £350,000 to support civil society - hopefully including grassroots groups, Nov 5, 2017...^[2]
• Connecting Londoners organisation needed for civil society and action for social good: response to #TheWayAhead @lvscnews, Apr 4, 2017...^[3]
• Britons see volunteering as a hobby or a way to network rather than a chore, Mar 24, 2017...^[4]
• There shouldn't be any charities in 10 years' time, February 6, 2014...^[5]
• Government reports "resurgence in volunteering" following the Olympics, February 12, 2013...^[6]

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