Daily Archives: Thursday, March 1, 2012

Volunteers shouldn’t be treated as second class citizens

On 13 February The Guardian’s Voluntary Sector Network published an article entitled “Celebrity supporters are more than just volunteers – they’re donors”. The article, written by an unnamed ‘charity celebrity consultant’, argues that “to suggest a celebrity is simply a volunteer is to misunderstand celebrity support…this undervalues their worth”.  The authors continues: “If a solicitor… Read more »