YES - Dame Elisabeth Hoodless, executive director, CSV
It could provide opportunities for young people to make a difference to the environment, to reading levels, to tackling bullying and preventing crime. It would prove Martin Luther King's words that "everybody can be great because everybody can serve".
Our public services need young people's energy. Services would be able to recruit more young people. Our research shows that if young people were given opportunities to volunteer, 86 per cent would take part as long as their friends did. NO - Kanchan Jadeja, chair, National Council for Voluntary Youth Services
Compelling young people will take away young people's decision-making. I don't think forcing them will encourage positive citizenship, and it will turn young people off volunteering.
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