§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Southend, East on 20 May, he will outline the nature and extent of the work undertaken by the Students Community Action Resource Programme in supporting and developing volunteer community work in universities and colleges.
§ Mr. RaisonStudents Community Action Resource Programme helps to establish local groups to carry on activities such as building an adventure playground, setting up a home for the mentally handicapped and organising holidays and outings for them and for children, running youth clubs, decorating for old people, helping with literacy schemes, providing " soup runs " for people sleeping rough, and helping to settle Vietnamese boat people. It helps such groups in fund raising, provides them with briefing material about student volunteering, and helps them form links with related organisations. It runs a student placement service for voluntary work.
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Southend, East on 20 May, he will explain the procedures adopted to ensure that the grant by his Department to the Students Community Action Resource Programme directed towards the activities for which it is specified.
§ Mr. RaisonStudent Community Action Resource Programme is required to submit audited accounts and written reports on its work annually.