Whether it will make it easier for voluntary youth organisations to recruit, train and retain adult voluntary workers by providing more fun…

We already provide generous resources for volunteering activity in Scotland. This year we are spending more than £2 million on the Active Communities Initiative, a further £1 million on the funding of the volunteer centre network and £700,000 on the Millennium Volunteers programme.We have also provided core funding of more than £260,000 this year to Volunteer Development Scotland, the centre for excellence on volunteering. This organisation provides voluntary organisations and volunteer placement agencies with advice and support on the best way to recruit, train and retain volunteers. This advice reflects the need to strike a balance between ensuring that proper checks are made on individual volunteers and the procedures needed to properly undertake this process.