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Analysis: It's Completely Voluntary

on BBC Radio 4 FM

People are increasingly giving unpaid time to help others. This year is the Year of the Volunteer and the government is spending millions to encourage people to create "social glue". But are there dangers in pressurising people to do good works? Melanie Phillips asks whether state promotion threatens to take the voluntary out of volunteering.
(Repeated on Sunday)

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Presenter:
Melanie Phillips
Producer:
Ingrid Hassler

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