# Professionals who volunteer

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/02/21/professionals-who-volunteer/
- Published: 2001-02-21T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The professionals who are using their skills to run eVolunteer, [featured](https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/10/26/recruiting-volunteers-online/)
in October 2000 by UK Fundraising, are today featured in The Guardian’s Society 
supplement. **

Whether it is professional or other skills offered, Justin Davis Smith, director
of the Institute for Volunteer Research, estimates that the total economic value
of volunteer activity in the UK is £45 billion a year. This makes it one of the 
top five contributors to GDP.

Andy Farquarson looks at the professionals who volunteer their valuable services
and skills for charity in Free style at SocietyGuardian.

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