Truemors
Charities and campaigners say vetting brands volunteers as paedophiles (01 vetting_512k_stream.wmv) There are growing fears that vetting is putting off volunteers, and casting suspicion on people whose motive is to help. Watch this frank discussion between Baroness Julia Neuberger, Chair of the Commission on the Future of Volunteering; Josie Appleton, from the Manifesto Club’s Campaign against Vetting; and Mervyn Barrett, from the crime reduction charity NACRO.
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at 03:18 on September 22nd, 2008
Does the society needs such levels of paranoid security or are the govt and policy-makers making the society insecure about each other. Volunteering is one of the best means for people to get in touch with social realities and help put things in perspectives. The panel discussion nicely brings out the case against compulsary CRB checks. Was very impressive to see a House of Lords member in the panel
at 08:23 on November 24th, 2008
I'm not totally against CRB checks, but really, it's being taken too far. I probably wouldn't have bothered volunteering if I'd needed a CRB check (not that I have anything to hide). Its off-putting.