# Good work

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1999/02/06/good-work/
- Published: 1999-02-06T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The voluntary sector constitutes an ever-growing proportion of the workforce of 
many countries. 
The voluntary sector constitutes an ever-growing proportion of 
the workforce of many countries. In the USA, 7.8% of the workforce is employed by
non-profit organisations. In Europe the proportions are even higher. Ten and a half
per cent of the Belgian workforce work for non-profits, in Ireland the figure is
11.5%, and in the Netherlands 12.4% of the workforce work for a non-profit.

 * **[National Lottery in Havering](https://fundraising.co.uk/1999/02/07/national-lottery-havering/)**(
   7 February 1999)
 * **[Internal e-mail raises £130,000](https://fundraising.co.uk/1999/02/07/internal-email-raises-130000/)**(
   7 February 1999)
 * **[AusFundraising](https://fundraising.co.uk/1999/02/08/ausfundraising/)** (8
   February 1999)

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