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<p>Accreditation, skills acquisition and facilitating routes into employment are among
many factors that may motivate an individual to volunteer. An <a href="https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/media/insights/documents/CCSF-Impact-Eval_Final_Report.pdf"
target="_blank">evaluation of the Coronavirus Community Support Fund</a> found almost
all of those who volunteered for an organisation that received funding reported at
least one positive benefit to themselves, including 39% reporting skills development.</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-report-on-volunteer-passports"
target="_blank">DCMS research</a> has found that existing schemes to record volunteer
training and skills, alongside wider functions such as ID verification, have emerged
in response to the particular needs of a sector and there is little uniformity.</p><p>This
suggests that any accreditation scheme would be best considered at a local level rather
than national, and should account for the considerable diversity of volunteers, their
activities and motivations, and the organisations they engage with.</p><p> </p>
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