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registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2023-12-01more like thismore than 2023-12-01
answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 217 more like this
answering dept short name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Voluntary Work remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to support volunteering through the Big Help Out campaign. more like this
tabling member constituency East Londonderry more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Gregory Campbell more like this
uin 4801 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-12-06more like thismore than 2023-12-06
answer text <p>Volunteering is vital for society and the Government recognises this. It benefits volunteers and the organisations involving them and has transformational impacts on beneficiaries and their communities.</p><p>My department is funding and supporting the launch of the 2024 Big Help Out, following the success of the inaugural day of community volunteering to mark the Coronation of His Majesty the King and Her Majesty The Queen, held on 8 May 2023. The Big Help Out aims to raise awareness of volunteering and to provide opportunities for people to support their communities.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Pudsey more like this
answering member printed Stuart Andrew more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-12-06T12:57:40.36Zmore like thismore than 2023-12-06T12:57:40.36Z
answering member
4032
label Biography information for Stuart Andrew more like this
tabling member
1409
label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell more like this
1640437
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2023-05-25more like thismore than 2023-05-25
answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 217 more like this
answering dept short name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Voluntary Work remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the findings of the report Time Well Spent 2023 published by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations on 2 May 2023, whether she is taking steps to help improve satisfaction levels among volunteers. more like this
tabling member constituency Worsley and Eccles South more like this
tabling member printed
Barbara Keeley more like this
uin 186835 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-06-05more like thismore than 2023-06-05
answer text <p>Volunteering is vital for society and the Government recognises this. It benefits volunteers and the organisations involving them and has transformational impacts on beneficiaries and their communities. Government aims to remove barriers to getting people involved.</p><p>Government sees the experience and satisfaction of volunteers as a key part of unlocking the benefits of volunteering. We are supporting the volunteering sector’s Vision for Volunteering initiative, which focuses on improving the volunteer experience, including an investment of £609,000.</p><p>We will consider the full findings of the Time Well Spent survey when the report is published in June 2023 by NCVO.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Pudsey more like this
answering member printed Stuart Andrew more like this
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less than 2023-06-05T14:05:10.01Zmore like thismore than 2023-06-05T14:05:10.01Z
answering member
4032
label Biography information for Stuart Andrew more like this
tabling member
1588
label Biography information for Baroness Keeley more like this
1504545
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2022-09-02more like thismore than 2022-09-02
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Voluntary Work remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps she has taken to ensure the fair treatment of volunteers within the voluntary and charitable work sector. more like this
tabling member constituency Slough more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi more like this
uin 45984 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-09-20more like thismore than 2022-09-20
answer text <p>Volunteering is critical to a vibrant and resilient civil society; it benefits volunteers and the organisations involving them and has transformational impacts on beneficiaries and their communities.</p><p>This Government is committed to enabling people to take part in all forms of social action, including volunteering. We know the profound benefit that volunteering has on the individual, on communities and on society.</p><p>Volunteers do not have a contract of employment as a volunteer, so do not have the same rights as an employee or worker, and are not placed under the same obligations. However, they will usually be given a volunteer agreement that explains:</p><ul><li><p>the level of supervision and support they will get</p></li><li><p>what training they will get</p></li><li><p>whether they are covered under the organisation’s employer or public liability insurance</p></li><li><p>health and safety issues</p></li><li><p>any expenses the organisation will cover.</p></li></ul><p>The volunteer agreement is not a contract, but it is a good way of setting out what volunteers can expect from the organisation they are volunteering for. You can find information about this at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/volunteering/pay-and-expenses" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/volunteering/pay-and-expenses</a>. The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) also has information on<a href="https://knowhownonprofit.org/people/volunteers/keeping/treating" target="_blank"> volunteers’ legal status</a> and guidance on solving volunteer problems.</p><p>If a volunteer believes they are treated unfairly, there is recourse available to them through a variety of means. Volunteers for charities are able to raise concerns to the Charity Commission. The Health and Safety Executive, Disclosure and Barring Service, and the Information Commissioner's Office are also useful points of contact.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire more like this
answering member printed Nigel Huddleston more like this
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less than 2022-09-20T07:43:34.907Zmore like thismore than 2022-09-20T07:43:34.907Z
answering member
4407
label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston more like this
tabling member
4638
label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi more like this
1467250
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2022-06-01more like thismore than 2022-06-01
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Voluntary Work remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle potential barriers to volunteering; and whether she plans to make funding available to tackle those barriers. more like this
tabling member constituency Wolverhampton South West more like this
tabling member printed
Stuart Anderson more like this
uin 11864 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-06-10more like thismore than 2022-06-10
answer text <p>The Government recognises that volunteering is critical to a vibrant and resilient civil society; it benefits volunteers and the organisations involving them and has transformational impacts on beneficiaries and their communities.</p><p>As a department, we are focused on simplifying routes into volunteering and seeking to make volunteering more inclusive.</p><p>Through the £7.4 million Volunteering Futures Fund, volunteering opportunities are being created to remove barriers to volunteering in arts, culture, sports, civil society, youth and heritage sectors. Young people, people with disabilities and those experiencing loneliness will be given the opportunity to volunteer and help others. DCMS is investing £6.25 million in the fund, together with £1.17 million provided by matched funders.</p><p>Our delivery partners for this programme are the Arts Council England, NHS Charities Together and Pears Foundation. The 19 Arts Council England funded projects will work with over 160 partners across heritage, arts, libraries, festival, community and sport organisations to increase accessibility to volunteering.</p><p>We are also supporting the development of the sector-led Vision for Volunteering, through which an ambitious ten year action plan is being developed to improve the volunteer experience. One of the five themes of the Vision is ‘Equity and Inclusion’, in recognition of the barriers that some people face to participating in volunteering.</p>
answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire more like this
answering member printed Nigel Huddleston more like this
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less than 2022-06-10T11:29:12.953Zmore like thismore than 2022-06-10T11:29:12.953Z
answering member
4407
label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston more like this
tabling member
4742
label Biography information for Stuart Anderson more like this
1360655
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2021-10-18more like thismore than 2021-10-18
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Voluntary Work remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage volunteering during the recovery from the covid-19 outbreak. more like this
tabling member constituency Newton Abbot more like this
tabling member printed
Anne Marie Morris more like this
uin 58400 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-10-21more like thismore than 2021-10-21
answer text <p>DCMS is focusing its role as a steward of the sector, working collaboratively to improve access to volunteering by removing long-standing barriers, some of which have been exacerbated or exposed by COVID-19.</p><p>As part of our work to investigate how and the extent to which COVID-19 has impacted on volunteering in England, we produced a report to investigate what drives demand for volunteers and how this varies over a typical calendar year, as a means of identifying potential issues in the supply of volunteers. This also examined the effect of the pandemic on volunteer supply and demand. *</p><p>We are working with the voluntary and community sector to develop a Vision for Volunteering, which will be a clear and actionable 10 year plan to simplify access to and experiences of volunteering in England.</p><p>We are also planning to launch a new Volunteering Futures Fund, which will provide new volunteering opportunities for young people and others who experience barriers to volunteering, within DCMS sectors (arts, culture, museums and heritage) as well as in youth, tackling loneliness and place-based community initiatives.</p><p><strong></strong>* <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-report-on-the-drivers-in-demand-for-volunteers" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-report-on-the-drivers-in-demand-for-volunteers</strong></a></p>
answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire more like this
answering member printed Nigel Huddleston more like this
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less than 2021-10-21T16:45:42.703Zmore like thismore than 2021-10-21T16:45:42.703Z
answering member
4407
label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston more like this
tabling member
4249
label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris more like this
1348576
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2021-07-20more like thismore than 2021-07-20
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Voluntary Work remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) the NHS volunteer programme and (b) other national volunteering programmes do not conflict with or undermine programmes run by local organisations. more like this
tabling member constituency York Central more like this
tabling member printed
Rachael Maskell more like this
uin 36667 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-07-27more like thismore than 2021-07-27
answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) aims to empower local volunteering and ensure national efforts to encourage volunteering do not detract from locally-led responses.</p><p>DCMS is closely engaged with the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England &amp; NHS Improvement on NHS volunteer programmes, including the national NHS Volunteer Responders programme. In the course of those discussions, we consider local volunteering mechanisms, and how best to ensure that national NHS volunteering works with those, and that NHS volunteers and recipients of NHS volunteer services can be referred to local organisations.</p><p>In recognition of the vital role that local organisations have played in the volunteer response to COVID-19, DCMS has commissioned research on local models of mobilising volunteers across England during the pandemic. The research aims to improve the evidence base of the various models of coordinating volunteers at a local level, including the ways in which local organisations collaborated with national volunteering programmes to support community volunteering.</p><p>DCMS continues to work closely with the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector to assess the needs of the sector and how the government can best support it to continue its vital work. The Minister for Civil Society and DCMS officials are engaging regularly with civil society stakeholders to highlight and address key issues for the sector in responding to the COVID-19 crisis.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Boston and Skegness more like this
answering member printed Matt Warman more like this
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less than 2021-07-27T12:28:26.95Zmore like thismore than 2021-07-27T12:28:26.95Z
answering member
4361
label Biography information for Matt Warman more like this
tabling member
4471
label Biography information for Rachael Maskell more like this
1344471
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2021-07-06more like thismore than 2021-07-06
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Voluntary Work remove filter
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by British Future Our Chance to Reconnect, published in March; and what steps they are taking to make it easier for people to volunteer in their local community. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Taylor of Warwick more like this
uin HL1776 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-07-14more like thismore than 2021-07-14
answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government welcomes the findings of the report and its contribution to our understanding of civil society during the pandemic. As documented, the scale and breadth of the volunteer response over the last year has been remarkable; as the study estimated, 12.4 million people volunteered during the pandemic, 4.6 million of them volunteering for the first time. Government would like to express its gratitude to all those who volunteered for their contributions, whether through continuing or taking up a formal role with an organisation, or national schemes such as the NHS Volunteer Responders programme, or the extraordinary 2.5 million people who undertook local acts of neighbourliness as coordinated through over 4,000 mutual aid groups. Undoubtedly our experience of the pandemic would have been very different without them.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As outlined by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, our approach to the government's role in volunteering is as a steward, enabling further unlocking of the potential within the volunteering sector as we seek to build a volunteering legacy from this challenging time.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To meet this ambition, DCMS is developing policy with a focus on simplifying the routes into volunteering, how volunteering supply and demand can be best matched and leveraging government’s links with the voluntary and community sector for strategic collaboration. Developing solutions to address the barriers facing those who wish to volunteer in their local community will be an integral element of our work.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Beyond this, the Government continues to celebrate and champion extraordinary individuals who volunteer across the United Kingdom through the Prime Minister’s daily Points of Light Awards, and remains committed to promoting the benefits of volunteering both to personal wellbeing and community cohesion.</p><p> </p>
answering member printed Baroness Barran more like this
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less than 2021-07-14T11:12:50.57Zmore like thismore than 2021-07-14T11:12:50.57Z
answering member
4703
label Biography information for Baroness Barran more like this
tabling member
1796
label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick more like this
1337917
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2021-06-17more like thismore than 2021-06-17
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Voluntary Work remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment has he made of the effectiveness of local volunteer centres. more like this
tabling member constituency York Central more like this
tabling member printed
Rachael Maskell more like this
uin 17778 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-06-25more like thismore than 2021-06-25
answer text <p>Local Volunteer Centres play an important role in many areas, providing support and expertise on volunteering within the local community.</p><p><br>DCMS has not conducted a specific assessment of local volunteer centres but the MoVE project, a collaboration between the Universities of Sheffield, Hull and Leeds (Lessons from Lockdown, October 2020) found that ‘existing local infrastructure and community support networks have underpinned successful community responses.’</p> more like this
answering member constituency Boston and Skegness more like this
answering member printed Matt Warman more like this
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less than 2021-06-25T13:37:50.4Zmore like thismore than 2021-06-25T13:37:50.4Z
answering member
4361
label Biography information for Matt Warman more like this
tabling member
4471
label Biography information for Rachael Maskell more like this
1337918
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2021-06-17more like thismore than 2021-06-17
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Voluntary Work remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has of the comparative effectiveness of volunteering opportunities organised through (a) local and (b) national schemes. more like this
tabling member constituency York Central more like this
tabling member printed
Rachael Maskell more like this
uin 17779 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-06-25more like thismore than 2021-06-25
answer text <p>Volunteering opportunities organised both nationally and locally have been an integral part of the community response to COVID-19.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Out of the various ways that people stepped up to respond to the pandemic, the Talk Together report Our Chance to Reconnect (March 2020) estimates that 12.4 million people across the UK volunteered to support their communities (<a href="https://www.britishfuture.org/our-chance-to-reconnect-the-new-talk-together-report/" target="_blank">Talk/Together: Our Chance to Reconnect</a>, February 2021), with up to 4.6 million volunteering for the first time. Of these first time volunteers, 75% say they wish to continue volunteering. With reference to volunteering opportunities organised nationally, it is worth noting that NHS Volunteer Responders have now completed more than 1.9 million tasks to support over 171,000 people at risk from Covid-19. (<a href="https://future.nhs.uk/NHSVolunteerRespondersCOVID/view?objectId=21037008" target="_blank">NHS Volunteer Responder Success Measures</a> (12 June 2020 - 16 May 2021)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition to volunteer responses organised through formal channels locally and nationally, the pandemic saw huge growth in informal volunteering. The DCMS Community Life Recontact Survey (December 2020) found that the proportion of the population offering informal help on a regular basis (at least once a month) increased from 28% to 47% (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-life-covid-19-re-contact-survey-2020-main-report" target="_blank">DCMS, Community Life COVID-19 Recontact Survey</a>, December 2020). We saw communities rapidly mobilising to help local people, who were particularly at risk or hardest hit by the effects of isolation. Pro Bono Economics’ Civil Action report (December 2020) estimated that over 2.5 million people volunteered with over 4,000 mutual aid groups (<a href="https://www.probonoeconomics.com/civil-action-exploring-civil-societys-potential-in-the-2020s#:~:text=This%20research%20is%20a%20part,Family%20Commission%20on%20Civil%20Society.&amp;text=Civil%20society%20is%20somewhere%20we,better%20country%20and%20better%20world." target="_blank">Pro Bono Economics, ‘Civil Action: Exploring Civil Societies Potential in the 2020s’</a>, December 2020), a unique grassroots movement which has seen communities demonstrate their strength, resourcefulness and adaptability.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Boston and Skegness more like this
answering member printed Matt Warman more like this
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less than 2021-06-25T13:35:57.693Zmore like thismore than 2021-06-25T13:35:57.693Z
answering member
4361
label Biography information for Matt Warman more like this
tabling member
4471
label Biography information for Rachael Maskell more like this
1303426
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2021-03-17more like thismore than 2021-03-17
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Voluntary Work remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to enhance local networks through which people are signposted to positive social action and volunteering opportunities. more like this
tabling member constituency Wolverhampton South West more like this
tabling member printed
Stuart Anderson more like this
uin 170740 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-03-23more like thismore than 2021-03-23
answer text <p>Volunteers have been critical to the ability of local communities to respond to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. Local networks between councils, community groups, the voluntary sector and individual citizens have enabled an army of volunteers to step up and help during a time of national crisis.</p><p>Through the Covid-19 response, the government has funded the Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership to help charities - large and small - to work together to identify and reach communities most in need, signposting volunteering needs and opportunities across a network of more than 200 organisations. Over £6million of funding for the Partnership has so far been committed up to 30th June 2021 with an option to extend should the need continue.</p><p>The government will continue to draw upon the lessons of volunteering, both from the Covid-19 period and more broadly, to develop current and future policy.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Boston and Skegness more like this
answering member printed Matt Warman more like this
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less than 2021-03-23T15:21:07.253Zmore like thismore than 2021-03-23T15:21:07.253Z
answering member
4361
label Biography information for Matt Warman more like this
tabling member
4742
label Biography information for Stuart Anderson more like this