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The report sheds new light on the scale and range of voluntary work being carried out across the sector in Scotland. The research was commissioned by Historic Environment Scotland and managed in partnership with BEFS. Volunteer Scotland, the national centre for volunteering, carried out the research \u2013 the first of its kind since 2008.<\/p>\n
The new study revealed that last year alone over 17,000 volunteers, throughout the country, clocked up more than 121,000 days\u2019 worth of voluntary work in contributing to Scotland\u2019s historic environment. It found that the efforts and contributions volunteers made towards helping to better understand, protect and value Scotland\u2019s heritage and history in 2015 had an estimated economic worth of around \u00a314.7 million. Researchers also discovered that 45% of participating organisations had increased their volunteer numbers in the last year, with 83% believing that volunteers helped realise improvements with community engagement.<\/p>\n
The Executive Summary states:<\/p>\n
Read more…<\/a> including the full report, executive summary and details on the case studies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) welcomes new research findings on the state of volunteering in Scotland\u2019s historic environment sector in \u2018Volunteering and the Historic Environment\u2019, published on 1 June. BEFS writes: The report sheds new light on the scale and … Continue reading