Voluntary Social Services

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Reading — Step I

93 Rapid reading — reading for general understanding of basic text 9.4.

Work in pairs or small groups.

1. Do not try to go into every detail, just scan the text. What paragraphs would you divide it into? Compare your answers with those of other members of the group/class.

2. What material do you think is worth including in the basic text on the given issue?

3. Which words or phrases in the text have helped you understand it?

9.4 Read the text "Voluntary Social Services" making use of the active terminological vocabulary and commentary and notes on it.

There is a long tradition in Britain of voluntary service to the community, and the partner­ship between the voluntary and statutory sectors is encouraged by the Government. It has been estimated that just over a half of all adults take part in some form of voluntary work during the course of a year. Local health authorities plan and carry out their duties taking account of the work of voluntary organisations, and include them in the planning process. Voluntary provi­sion enables these authorities to continue the trend towards local community care rather than institutional care for the elderly, and mentally ill and mentally handicapped people.

An Opportunities for Volunteering Scheme, together with an Unemployed Voluntary Action Fund in Scotland and a Community Volunteering Scheme in.Northern Ireland, has provided support for almost 3,000 local voluntary projects to enable unemployed volunteers to help dis­advantaged groups in the community. Voluntary organisations also participate in several other government schemes, including the Employment Training Programme and the Youth Training Scheme.

Over 65,000 voluntary organisations are registered as charities, and in England and Wales the Charity Commission gives advice to trustees of charities, initiating schemes to modernise their purposes or facilitate their administration where necessary. The Commission also main-

tains a register of charities, gives consent to land transactions by charities and holds invest­ments for them. Voluntary organisations may qualify for charitable status if they are established for such purposes as the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or religion or the pro­motion of certain other purposes of public benefit including good community relations, the prevention of racial discrimination, protection of health and the promotion of equal opportu­nity. Legislation to strengthen the powers of the Charity Commissioners and improve the su­pervision and monitoring of charities is proposed.

The Charities Aid Foundation, an independent body, aids the flow of funds to charity from individuals, companies and grant-making trusts.

Co-ordination of government interests in. the voluntary sector throughout Britain is the responsibility of the Home Office Voluntary Services Unit.

9.5 Terminological Vocabulary to the Text "Voluntary Social Services".

Try to memorise it. Work with a partner.

1. a statutory sector — сектор, установленный законом

2. local community care — опека в местной общине

3. institutional care — институциональная опека (государственное призрение)

4. charity — благотворительность

5. a trustee — попечитель, член попечительского правления, совета

6. to maintain a register of charities — вести учет благотворительных организаций

7. to hold investments — являться держателем инвестиций

8. the relief of poverty — снижение бедности

9. the advancement of education — распространение просвещения

10. public benefit — общественное благо

11. the promotion of equal opportunity — утверждение принципа равных возможностей

12. monitoring of charities — мониторинг деятельности благотворительных организаций

13. a trust —фонд

14. grant-making trusts — фонды, выдающие гранты

9.6 Commentary and Notes to the Text "Voluntary Social Services".

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1. the Opportunities for Volunteering Scheme — Программа действий для добровольцев (волонтеров)

2. an Unemployed Voluntary Action Fund — Фонд поддержки добровольных действий безработных

3. a Community Volunteering Scheme — Программа общественных работ в округе

4. the Employment Training Programme — Программа обучения безработных

5. the Youth Training Scheme — Программа обучения (подготовки) молодежи

6. the Charity Commission — Комиссия по благотворительности

7. to facilitate the administration — содействовать исполнению

8. to aid the flow of funds to ... — содействовать поступлению средств на ...

9. the Home Office — министерство внутренних дел (в Великобритании)
10. the Charities Aid Foundation — Фонд благотворительной помощи