The government has introduced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and many organisations are now taking the difficult decision to furlough staff. Shaun Delaney has written about what this scheme means for furloughed workers who may wish to volunteer and for organisations hoping to take on new volunteers. Two important points to bear in mind are that:

• furloughed staff are not allowed to volunteer for their own organisation while they are on furlough leave
• furloughed staff do have the option to volunteer for a different organisation while they are on furlough leave.

Read the full NCVO - VOLUNTEERING ROUND-UP: APRIL 2020 or VOLUNTEERING AND FURLOUGHING: WHAT DO WE KNOW?