Govt will support professional "volunteers"
Wed 19 Mar 2008
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The government will help support UK professionals who volunteer to work in poor countries and cover their pension payments, it was announced. The initiative will allow public sector workers such as police, teachers and nurses to benefit from £13 million in new contributions. "Our health service workers who volunteer can really make a difference in developing countries," said Dawn Primarolo, public health minister. "Staff who volunteer get unique opportunities to develop their skills - new skills which they can put to use in the NHS when they come home." The new fund is supported by the Department of Health, Department for International Development and Department for Children Schools and Families. The new fund aims to double the number of people who take their skills abroad. Ed Balls, secretary of state for children, schools and families, said that teachers can "get management and leadership opportunities overseas that allow them to re-enter UK education with renewed focus or at a higher level".
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