# Government drops security checks on volunteers

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/02/07/government-drops-security-checks-volunteers/
- Published: 2001-02-07T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Education Minister David Blunkett today announced that charities would not be required
to pay to vet new volunteers. Such criminal records checks with the new criminal
records bureau could have cost the voluntary sector £15m. Instead the government
will foot the bill.

Read Blunkett drops £15m volunteer groups charge by Patrick Wintour and Nicola Hill
at SocietyGuardian.

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