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"Gordon Brown announces wide-ranging review of third sector
In his tenth, and possibly last, Budget speech to the House of Commons, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown announced that the Treasury would be undertaking a review of the future role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration.
The review, planned to be launched in May, will be undertaken by a cross-departmental ministerial group advised by the NCVO�s director of public policy Campbell Robb. The review is expected to involve large scale consultation with the sector, helping to shape the priorities of governmental departments.
The Chancellor also announced that an Office of Charity and Third Sector Finance would be established, working across the Home Office, Department for Trade and Industry and HMRC charities unit."
Future of volunteering commission launched
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Volunteering shouldn’t become just a way of providing public services on the cheap, according to the chair of the newly created Commission on the Future of Volunteering.
Baroness Julia Neuberger made the statement in her speech launching the new Commission, established by the England Volunteering Development Council to provide a non-political investigation into all sectors of volunteering. The Commission plans to report in June 2007 as to the current state of volunteering and what can be hoped for in ten years time, and will provide recommendations for necessary policy changes and practical proposals for bringing about those changes
