# Accountancy body encourages young members to volunteer for ActionAid

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/05/18/accountancy-body-encourages-young-members-volunteer-actionaid/
- Published: 2005-05-18T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

A global partnership designed to encourage young accountants to volunteer their 
skills to help tackle poverty has been announced by ACCA, the world’s largest professional
international accountancy body, and ActionAid.
The skills2share initiative has been
developed to benefit communities in which ACCA members and students live and work,
by giving them the opportunity to use the skills they have gained in their business
studies for their wider community.

Skills2share aims to help communities ensure that they are receiving aid and then
using it properly, or assist local farming communities to negotiate better deals
on crops they sell. Skills2share volunteers will also be encouraged to support education
initiatives and empower communities on financial issues.

The partners hope that the scheme will encourage donors to give to ActionAid in 
the knowledge that a qualified accountant who understands the needs of the local
community will be volunteering their services to a reputable aid provider. For communities
who receive the aid, they will have free expert advice on hand about the best way
to use those resources, and our students and members will be able to gain valuable
hands-on experience.

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ACCA students and members will also be encouraged to share their skills with local
schools and community projects – to expain budgeting, taxation, banking and investment.

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