Volunteers

Detainees at Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre near Newark have been making and donating handcrafted items to local charities as part of a new voluntary activity scheme.

Mark Astarita, Director of Fundraising at the British Red Cross, will serve as Chair of the Institute of Fundraising for a third year.

The Bank of Scotland Foundation is continuing its Volunteering Grants Programme by allocating a further £100,000 in support of community volunteering projects in Scotland in 2013.

Retailer John Lewis will encourage its staff (or 'partners') to spend more time volunteering in the community.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and The Chartered Accountants’ Benevolent Association (CABA) have created a volun

Newly formed DataKind UK has announced that it will hold its first DataDive to help charities with a data problem on the weekend of 26-28 July.

Lloyds Banking Group is extending its Lloyds Scholars Programme to two more universities, Bath and Brimingham.

Volunteering charity CSV is offering highly skilled volunteers to small charities to help them measure their impact.

Kath Abrahams, Director of Engagement and Income Generation, at Breakthrough Breast Cancer and Lynda Thomas, Director of Fundraising at Macmillan have joined the Institute of Fundraising's Boar

New data from NCVO reveals that many of England's volunteer centres suffered substantial drops in their income in the 2011/12 financial year.