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Forum Brief: Volunteers' Week
Volunteers' Week, from June 1 to 7, is a nationwide celebration of the work of volunteers in the UK. Without volunteers most charity and voluntary organisations would not be able to operate.
Forum Response: Voice UK
Kathryn Stone, director at Voice UK, said: "Volunteers are very important to our work. All our trustees are volunteers and are very active in their support for us. We have volunteers helping out in the office and volunteers who stand behind stalls at events for us. This year we had two people who ran the marathon for us. This is one way of 'going the extra mile'.
"In return we give volunteers, who work in the office, a good grounding in admin skills and support them to go on to get paid employment if that's what they want to do.
"Without volunteers our charity could not function. Interestingly all Voice UK personnel are also volunteers for other things."
Forum Response: BUPA
A spokesman for BUPA said: "At BUPA we recognise the value of volunteering to the local community, the individual and the business and as a result facilitate and support a comprehensive employee volunteering programme. BUPA is a provident association, which means any profits made are reinvested in new facilities and equipment to benefit our members. Our facilities include 36 hospitals and 245 care homes, therefore often we are at the very heart of local communities.
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