# Elderly and unemployed encouraged to volunteer

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/02/07/elderly-and-unemployed-encouraged-volunteer/
- Published: 2001-02-07T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Education Secretary David Blunkett will today announce plans to encourage older 
people to give time to the community and make it easier for unemployed people to
volunteer. His announcement will come in a keynote speech to be delivered at the
National Council for Voluntary Organisations’ conference in London.

Read Blunkett to encourage elderly and unemployed to volunteer by Nicola Hill at
SocietyGuardian.

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