# Conservation charity's volunteers hit by insurance withdrawal

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2002/06/04/conservation-charity039s-volunteers-hit-insurance-withdrawal/
- Published: 2002-06-04T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) has had to stop work by two-
thirds of its volunteers after its insurance company withdrew cover.
Last month 
BTCV had to halt the work of two-thirds of its volunteers after its insurer Ecclesiastical
withdrew cover. The insurer found that it was no longer insuring simple volunteer
work now that BTCV’s volunteer work can include working at heights or underwater.

Ecclesiastical did give the charity notice, but BTCV was unable to find a substitute
in time. Subsequently Zurich Municipal has agreed to insure many of the volunteer
groups’ work.

Read _Risk halts volunteering_ by Chris Wheal at SocietyGuardian.

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