Volunteer Corps?

[shoota]

From BBC Budget news....

"The chancellor said a gap year volunteer corps would be piloted from next month"

Any thoughts???

S

 

[PartTimePongo]

What?

Does he mean a "Peace Corps" or is this a way of bumping up our strength?

 

[msr]

Anything to stop them signing on eh?

 

[Padwife]

why next month college dont finish till end june??????????

What? Would you like to re-phrase that, preferably into some semblance of English?

I've tried to find information on this Volunteer Corps idea - but there's nothing on the internet. Google has failed me. Anyone know where to find it?

As I'm an unemployed layabout at the moment....

 

[Sugar_Junkie]

From HM Treasury website:

The Pre-Budget Report announced our support in principle for the creation of a gap year volunteer corps, supporting financially low income school-leavers who give a year of their time to community service. I can announce today that so strong is the interest from the voluntary sector that the first pilot for this new volunteer corps will start next month.

SJ

 

[Line_Grunt]

Padwife - have a look on the Civ Div board - there are a number of posts re NGO's

http://www.arrse.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb1/YaBB.pl?board=gen_old;action=display;num=1034078781

L_G

 

[Padwife]

gap year refers to students taking a year out between college and uni

That wasn't what I asked. I asked you to re-write your original statement.

*sigh* nevermind. "College" obviously didn't do you much good.

And as for "next month" - it depends where you go to school. Some "leaving" exams are over by mid-May.

I know I'm a pedant.

And the "volunteer" employment for myself was tongue in cheek - but - oh yes - a winking smiley doesn't denote that. Damn.