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Millions sign up for service in Britain's volunteer army
Anushka Asthana
Sunday February 6, 2005
The Observer
Record numbers of people in Britain are giving up their spare time to help society. More than half the population, an astonishing 26 million people, participate in some form of voluntary work with more than 11 million working on formal schemes. One million extra people sign up every year, and it has been estimated that volunteers are worth over £40 billion a year to the economy.
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