# Volunteers’ work worth £27 million a year to Victim Support

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/08/02/volunteers039-work-worth-27m-year-victim-support/
- Published: 2005-08-02T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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Victim Support has found that its 11,000 volunteers provided help worth almost £
27 million nationally last year. The figure is based on a detailed study of the 
work of staff and volunteers in six of the organisation’s member charities.
The 
report was produced by chartered accountants Chantrey Vellacott DFK and used recognised
ways of calculating the value of volunteer time. The work was funded by the Home
Office as part of ongoing work to look at the way in which the Government helps 
fund Victim Support and the value of the public services the charity provides in
return.

The research found that Victim Support, the national charity for people affected
by crime, and Witness Service volunteers together donate two million hours of working
time every year. The monetary value of this work roughly equals the annual grant
from the Home Office to Victim Support.

It also found that the investment in volunteers produced a return on investment 
of 1 to 5. In other words, for every pound invested in volunteer training and development,
the charity reaped £5 in value from the volunteer.

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