Russell Commission Report
(UK) The Russell Commission has launched its 'A national framework for youth action and engagement' report. The recommendations were quickly backed up by the government pledging £100m in funding to ensure the proposals for youth volunteering comes to fruition.
This framework and funding will help increase the level of community participation by young people across the UK and deliver the following tangible benefits:
- Volunteers will develop their skills and contribute in an active way to their local communities;
- The capacity of communities and of voluntary organisations will be enhanced;
- Society at large will be more cohesive and through skills development the UK's competitive advantage will increase;
- This is a great opportunity for brands and companies to develop their corporate social responsibility agendas to compliment local, regional and national youth voluntary schemes.
Over the coming years this framework will embed itself into the public sector and many of its agencies, creating opportunities and support for young people who wish to take part in volunteering. Brands or companies can align themselves with appropriate causes which includes youth volunteering or even develop specific schemes that feed into these aims and objectives.
Related link: Russell Commission—Volunteer budget backs up vision
Filed by DK on March 31 2005
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