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Why Volunteering Is Important In The Public Services

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Explain why volunteering is important in the public services volunteering is a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task. In this report i will talk about the different types of volunteering in the:
• public sector
• private sector
• third sector volunteering is important in the public sector because it helps the public services save money other than the military as the military reservists get paid but it is still voluntary. I got all my information from the websites which are for the organisation. the benefits of volunteering are:
• Learn or develop a new skill
• Be part of your community
• Motivation and sense of achievement
• Boost your career options
• New interests and hobbies
• New experiences
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Sainsbury's – Comic Relief
For Red Nose Day 2013 they put all their efforts into selling the first ever Nose with toes: the Dinosesaurs, as well as a whole host of other goodies like the pin badge, car air freshener, wrist band, deeley boppers, mugs and loads more. they helped to raise £10,512,406.
Asda – Tickled Pink
Asda’s funding has transformed the Breast Cancer Campaign by accepting the charity to fund breast cancer research. The Tickled Pink Campaign not only raises money, it also helps to raise awareness of breast cancer. they do this by turning products pink, this makes it stand out more to the Asda customers. last year they raised £4 million. http://your.asda.com/tickled-pink, http://www.asdasupplier.com/about-us/charities/who-we-support
M&S – Oxfam clothes swap you take your clothes that you no longer want so they can be bags, shoes, tops. you take them into any Oxfam shop and you get a £5 off.
Co-op - Fair-trade
Fair-trade is a trading partnership that focuses on sustainable development for poorer producers. they do this by providing better trading conditions and raising awareness of their situation.

Third sector
Breast cancer research
They have been going since 1902 and along the way they’ve achieved a long list of firsts. Now they’re pushing well into the future – developing newer, kinder treatments, getting closer to cures. They fund over half of the UK’s cancer research, including the

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