Valorising the voluntary
Another set of methods have tried to give formal value to time in the household. This has been achieved through quasi-financial means of payment, encouraging volunteering across sectors and freeing up people’s times to enable them to care for friends and families or volunteer. Many statistical offices are beginning to study time use in much more detail, opening up new kinds of policy to encourage creative uses of time.
Recognising household time for social production
Recognising household time for social production by valorising voluntary work and support through, for example, public tax credits, community commissioning and grant supported projects....
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Flexible terms of formal employment to enable a sustainable informal economy, such as the right to request flexible working time or the ability to take social...
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The volunteer economy – provision of training and incentives for volunteers, and networks for linking volunteers and projects (such as Timebank, Youthnet etc)....
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