{jathumbnail}In 2011, the spotlight shifts from Poverty and Social Exclusion to Volunteering, with the baton passed from the EU Year for combating poverty and social exclusion to the EU Year of volunteering. What is the link? How can we build on the strengths of volunteering yet guard against the risks of abuse in the context of current attacks on Europe’s welfare State and social model?
CONTENTS
- 2011 European Year on Volunteering – A space for anti-poverty organizations to engage
- Volunteering and the Fight against Poverty and Social Exclusion – towards an EAPN Position
- Portugal: Being a volunteer versus promoting volunteering
- The UK Government: Big Society and Volunteering
- Volunteering in Bulgaria – the Need for a Modern Vision
- Poland, willing to move on towards a strategic approach on volunteering
- The recognition of volunteering time as in-kind contribution in Structural Funds
- The 100 million Europeans volunteering deserve recognition
- Eurodiaconia: the multifaceted value of volunteering
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