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2 Promote the
benefits of
environmental
volunteering and
encourage
people from all
backgrounds to
get involved.
2 Promote the
benefits of
environmental
volunteering and
encourage
people from all
backgrounds to
get involved.
2.4d Review the
motivations for,
and barriers to,
involvement in
volunteering and
examine how
people develop
their involvement
in volunteering
over time in order
to identify the
scope for
enhancing
environmental
volunteering.
2.4e Report on the
implementation of
the volunteering
strategy,
particularly in
relation to
dismantling the
barriers to
volunteering and
closing the
opportunity gap
and the actions
being taken by the
public and
voluntary sectors.
Dec-08 2008/09 SNH Completed Green Research completed.
Annual Annual SG Superseded Green Scottish Government produced a paper outlining
approaches to encouraging environmental
volunteering and identifying the main organisations it
thought would be best placed to take this forward -
Volunteer Development Scotland together with
BTCV and FEVA. Scottish Government will part fund
an extension to a Project Officer's post from March
2011 for three years.
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