Skip to main content

Redundancy’s Impact on the Volunteer Engagement Sector

Redundancy’s Impact on the Volunteer Engagement Sector

Woman with concerned expression looking off in to distance

“We had to be gone by 12 noon.” In this poignant, first-person Voices, Claire Haggarty describes what it was  like to be a volunteer manager who was forced to evolve during a pandemic. She recalls the touchstones of a year that included a fantastic professional start before the UK went into a national lockdown in March 2020; briefly working from home before being furloughed; crying with sadness each time the news of a volunteer’s death reached her; receiving a notice of redundancy in August; and the joys of returning to grass-roots volunteering and anticipating the future. “I believe in volunteering and I believe in people,” Haggarty writes in this personal reflection that is sure to touch the hearts and minds of all who read her story.

To read the full article