YES - Dr Justin Davis Smith, deputy chief executive, Volunteering England
There is a growing body of evidence to suggest some people are being put off volunteering for fear of being sued should something go wrong. A recent survey carried out by Volunteering England as part of its Volunteering and Risk project found that a quarter of individuals worried about risk when deciding whether to volunteer and one in 20 had considered stopping.
Organisations reported that they too were worried about risk - more than 90 per cent felt the UK was living in a compensation culture and some had reacted by stopping certain types of voluntary activity.
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