A lot can happen in the space of a few weeks if concerns are voiced loudly enough. Late last year, Scotland's voluntary sector was forecasting that it would be bled dry by new child-protection legislation requiring organisations to carry out checks on volunteers (YPN, 10-16 November 2004, p11).
Concerns about recruitment being crippled by the administrative burden and the length of the checking process led to a joint briefing paper being sent to all MSPs by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), Volunteer Development Scotland and YouthLink Scotland, complaining that the Protection of Children (Scotland) Act had been pushed through the Scottish Parliament with no consideration of its impact on voluntary groups.
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