England Volunteer Development Council

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England Volunteer Development Council Tuesday 7
March 2006 Ann TaggartRussell Commission
Implementation Team Home Officeann.taggart3_at_homeo
ffice.gsi.gov.uk
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• Background
• Commission launched in May 2004 by Chancellor and
  Home Secretary
• A new framework for youth action and engagement
• Report published in March 2005
• Government accepted all recommendations and up to
  100 million funding allocated

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• Ian Russells vision
• Transform the ways young people become involved
  in volunteering activity
• Step change in quality, quantity and diversity of
  volunteering opportunities
• Aim of one million more young volunteers over the
  next five years

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• Guiding principles
• Build on strengths of voluntary activity already
  taking place, and help it to flourish
• Help volunteering organisations to develop
• Recognise and give credit to the diversity of
  young peoples volunteering
• Encourage more young people to volunteer from
  currently under-represented groups

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• Creating the step-change
• 7 million young people aged 16 25
• 2.8 million young people (41) volunteer each
  year
• Engaging 50 of the youth population will help
  create a step-change
• 1 million new young volunteers will help make
  this step-change happen

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• The journey
• Engagement
• Access to information
• Local advice and guidance
• Menu of opportunities
• Results
• See pages 10 11 of Executive Summary Report

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• Investment to match ambitions
• Up to 150 million over the next three years

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• Delivering the vision
• Independent charity, separate from government
• Non-delivery agency
• Working in partnership with existing
  volunteer-involving organisations
• Building on existing good practice
• Commissioning volunteering opportunities for
  young people

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Delivering the vision
New Russell Commission Charity
Contracts for delivery
National portal
Taster vol opps
Local advice guidance
Part-time vol opps
Full-time vol opps
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• Our progress in delivering the vision (1)
• Ian Russell interim Chair until Spring 2006
• Rod Aldridge recruited as new Chair
• Terry Ryall recruited as CEO
• Recruitment process for Board in final stages
• New Youth Advisory Board recruited

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• Our progress in delivering the vision (2)
• Implementation body registered as company
• 3.5 million raised from private sector Founding
  Partners (T-Mobile, ITV, KPMG, MTV, Tesco, Sky,
  The Hunter Foundation)
• Early spend in 05-06
• funding to help organisations prepare to deliver
  Russell recommendations
• capacity building
• Consultation regional events and bilateral
  meetings with stakeholders

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• Whats next?
• Moving from set-up to delivery.
• Service delivery volunteering opportunities,
  network of development managers
• Marketing and communications branding, launch,
  communications with young people
• Fundraising achieving Budget 06 target of 10
  million from private sector
• Infrastructure location, IT, staffing
• Public sector recommendations volunteering
  opportunities in public services, benefit rules,
  volunteering ethos in schools

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