VOLUNTEERING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

This government-backed outfit organizes volunteering schemes to help improve the local environment, across all of the UK. In 2007-08, over 250,000 volunteers worked on over 15,000 sites, giving almost 550,000 working-days worth of time. The year was a tough one financially, however, as government funding proved hard to come by. This much is explained in admirable detail in the annual report, but - curiously - it lacks almost any information on what all those volunteers actually did, or the impact they had.

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QUALITY OF REPORTING

What is this? 		58 %
How much info does the charity want to share? This score, taken from our search for 43 key points in the annual report, gives the answer. Top mark is 100%. Anything over 70% is a good effort.

SIZE OF CHARITY...

What is this? 		Large
We only profile the largest charities in England & Wales, and our sizes are relative to the largest and smallest among them. So where we describe a charity as 'Small', it is still much larger than the national average.

HIGHEST SALARY

What is this? 		£100k to £149k
Taken from the vague bandings given in annual reports; note that 'Under £60k' could be £9k or £59k. Nonetheless the number of bars should roughly correlate with the 'Size of charity' bars.

ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY

What is this? 		Yes
We asked the charity if it has an ethical investment policy. If yes, it gets an angel. Those with no policy but which don't invest in tobacco/arms get a halo. Those without investments, or who didn't respond, appear neutral. Those with stakes in arms/tobacco get a fallen angel.
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Reviewed: 2009-04-21     Accounts ending: 2008-03-31

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IN SHORT

Who/what it helps

  • The environment
  • Local communities

Where

  • UK
  • Worldwide

Providing

  • Volunteering opportunities
  • Health initiatives
  • Lobbying government on volunteering issues

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VITAL STATISTICS

ANNUAL EXPENDITURE
£28,458,000
What is this?
Of all the charities we profile...
- Less than £1m is tiny
- £1m to £5m is small
- £6m to £10m is medium
- £11m to £50m is large
- Above that is very rare
SPENT ON CHARITABLE WORK
63%
The rest usually goes into raising more income. A little covers legal requirements.


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