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Volunteering Matters, formerly known as Community Service Volunteers (CSV) is the UK's largest volunteering and training charity. It was founded in 1962 by Mora and Alec Dickson, who also founded Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO). In the 2004/2005 financial year, Volunteering Matters had six operating companies with a total expenditure of £43 million, employing 944 full-time equivalent staff. They organise full-time, part-time and one-off volunteering opportunities for different groups in the community, including young adults (through Millennium Volunteers for 16- to 24-year-olds), people over 50 (through the RSVP - Retired and Senior Volunteer Project) and for employees of large corporations. The president of Volunteering Matters is Lord Levy. ==Organisation== Nearly 16,000 people a year volunteer through Volunteering Matters, particularly young people. Volunteering Matters pioneered the idea of teaching citizenship in schools – it became part of the National Curriculum in England in 2002. Volunteering Matters has sought to recruit volunteers from all demographics. Over 10,000 senior volunteers who run activities and projects for Volunteering Matters and recruit other senior volunteers. Volunteering Matters also runs weekend volunteering projects in London, designed to give busy people a chance to make a difference in one weekend. Volunteering Matters also runs a journalist network through which journalists can volunteer their skills to non profit organisations who need extra promotional help. Additionally, Volunteering Matters Action Desks work in partnership with the BBC in 36 BBC local radio stations. They broadcast appeals for volunteers, run awareness campaigns and promote Lifelong Learning. In April 2015, the charity changed name from Community Service Volunteers (CSV) to Volunteering Matters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Community Service Volunteers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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