Appendix: Answer KeysAppendix: Answer KeysSection 9 of 9

b.9Practice Bank 10.4: volunteering

QKeyWhy
31WAGESGovernments count wages, so unpaid work is worth nothing by that measure.
32METHODThe figures vary because the method does.
33EARNINGSThe average wage the volunteer could have earned in that time.
34COSTLESSVolunteering is not free to organise. Grammar alone narrows this to an adjective.
35RETENTIONRetention, not recruitment, is where most schemes fail. Recruitment is the deliberate trap.
36BARRIERSRemoving small practical barriers works better than advertising.
37BAchebe: a rough figure that is politically visible beats a precise one nobody reads.
38ABosch: much volunteer work has no paid equivalent.
39ABosch: measure outcomes, such as readmission rates, rather than pricing hours.
40BAchebe: what does not appear in budget discussions does not get funded.