The report warns that without volunteers there will be an increase in social isolation and reduced health and wellbeing outcomes.
The Works4U report warns that an end to volunteering would lead to a more unequal and unjust society, with a heavily weakened democracy and productivity of the nation, estimating that he monetary value of volunteering stands between £25bn and 400bn per year, and that there would be a particularly great impact on education and young people. Read more here.