# Volunteers save PDSA £10.3 million

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/02/24/volunteers-save-pdsa-103-million/
- Published: 2009-02-24T15:01:04+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Veterinary charity PDSA has calculated that it saves £10.3 million a year in employment
costs thanks to the support of its teams of volunteers.

 

Last year 4,800 PDSA volunteers gave 1.25 million hours of their time.

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PDSA Director General, Jan McLoughlin, said: “It will cost around £50 million for
PDSA to provide its free veterinary service to care for the sick and injured pets
of people in need this year. It’s amazing to think that the generosity of people
donating their time can make such a big difference to the lives of pets in need 
of vets in the UK.”

 

PDSA was the first national charity to be awarded the Investing in Volunteers accolade
due to its high standards of volunteer management.

 

www.pdsa.org.uk/volunteering

 

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