Explain why volunteering is important in public services Volunteering is a person who freely offers to take part in a business or undertake a task. In this report I will talk about the different types of volunteering in: • public sector • private sector • third sector volunteering is important in the public sector because it helps public services save money as well as the military as military reservists get paid but it is still voluntary. I got all my information from the organization's websites. The benefits of volunteering are: • Learning or developing a new skill • Being part of your community • Motivation and sense of achievement • Improving your career options • New interests and hobbies • New experiences • Meeting a wide range of people • Send a Report to your employer, teachers, friends and family http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/resources/how-to-guides/volunteer/doc/benefits-of-volunteering.html Different types of volunteer work Police Specials of the public sector In the police, the special police are the volunteer forces, they have the same training as the police and the same powers, they just can't go with helicopters or armed response teams. but they can still arrest people. they come from all walks of life such as teachers, taxi drivers, shop owners. they also save a lot of money for the police because they don't get paid, so they are on the streets helping prevent crime just like a normal officer who gets paid. the time you have to give up is between 8 and 12 hours per week. TA, RAF, Navy, reservists are the volunteers of the armed forces which are the Army, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force (RAF). Army volunteers are TAs. Royal Navy and RAF volunteers are their reservists... middle of paper... the organization gives them free labor as they don't have to pay for the volunteer. Also, the organization can hire more people since they have someone working and doing jobs for free and with the money saved by the volunteer they could use it to increase wages or hire another worker. It also promotes the organization so that more volunteers will come and the organization will get more workers and save a lot more money as people will work for free so that the work gets done faster. Reference http://www.oxfam.org.uk /what-we-do/introduction-to-oxfam http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what-we-do http://www.oxfam.org.uk/ http ://www.surrey.police .uk/careers/police-officers/police-constable-pay-scale http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=whathttp://www.mountain. rescue.org.uk/information-centre/oracle/other-agencies/working-with-helicopters-raf