Skills injection
Alan Strickland and Hannah Crowther demonstrate how charities and young professionals can benefit from private sector organisations deferring their trainee schemes
Alan Strickland, senior policy and information officer at Volunteering England:
With the economy still reeling from the economic downturn, redundancies and cutbacks are never far from the headlines. For some people it has been a horrendous time, but for a group of recent graduates the recession has provided an unexpected opportunity to volunteer their time to good causes; and also provided charities with the opportunity to benefit from the skills of this new generation of young professionals. Volunteering organisations need to capitalise on this quickly if there is to be mutual gain from the current economic climate.
Author: Hannah Crowther
Hannah Crowther graduated from Oxford University in law and her place at a City law firm has been deferred. She is currently volunteering with the charity Reprieve.
Author: Alan Strickland
Alan Strickland is senior policy & information officer at Volunteering England.
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