iPM this week: volunteering, employment and compost
We used our volunteer army of blog readers and listeners to look at the issue of voluntary work. You told us it was a good way to prepare for the world of work during periods of unemployment, the government also and voluntary organisations as important in helping the long term unemployed.
But should the long-term jobless be with voluntary organisations? Is that in keeping with the spirit of "volunteering"? We spoke to:
Listener Pip Bradley who works at (see picture above). And volunteer Master Composters, Tony Curtis and Kim Garner on the benefits of volunteering. You can hear more of that in the player below too.
The "Volunteering Tsar" discussed the issues with Eddie and Jen.
After composting, I spoke to the . The charity works to support prisoners and their families. Thanks to help from Radio 4 panel member Pat Somerset, I visited the charity's London offices and spoke to its director Andy Keen-Downs (pictured) and one of their volunteers, 'Linda'. You can hear more of that below.
, The Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations discussed how the voluntary sector could best help the unemployed. You can hear more from him in the player below.
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