voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
Ten million UK volunteers helps their communities in crisis.
Created: 27/05/2020According to the research from insurer Legal & General and the Centre for Economics and Business Research, one in five UK adults (19%) has volunteered their time for community activities since the start of the lockdown on 23 March. With each individual contributing, on average, about three hours of their time, the work this volunteer army is doing is estimated to have an equivalent economic value of more than £350m a week.