Sentences with phrase «voluntary groups such»

Bruce praised voluntary groups such as Christian charity Street Pastors, who regularly work with people who've consumed large amounts of alcohol at night.

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«The panoply of public policies offering «voluntary» options for saving - such as RRSPs, TFSAs, group RPPs, and the most recent Pool Registration Pension Plans - have demonstrated their inadequacy to address the shortcomings in declining workplace pensions and a Canada Pension Plan with limited benefits,» the study concludes.
First is strong voluntary associations, such as churches and civic groups, that bring people together around broad common agendas rather than narrow special interests.
More emphasis needs to be placed upon the difference between the function of the purely voluntary group, such as one finds in a church, and the controlled and not so voluntary group found in the classes of a theological school.
«The vast majority of people in Britain are not members of any local church, religious group or community, and so to lay such emphasis on religious identities as being the ones most important for encouraging voluntary work or community building is misguided.»
«There needs really to be a top to bottom reconsideration of what the role of government will be,» he told politics.co.uk, arguing that institutions such as churches, the family, voluntary groups, and state organisations such as decentralised local government, could run Britain better than Whitehall.
That the Danish clinics were rolled out slowly and participation was voluntary, and that extensive baseline and long - term follow - up data were available on such a large group of people, gave the researchers the best way to gather this kind of information.
The first resource, a specification for a Level 3 Early Years SENCO qualification, is ideal for awarding bodies wishing to construct a Level 3 Early Years SENCO Award and is relevant to group settings such as private, voluntary and independent nurseries.
They can have sponsors, such as businesses, universities, other schools, faith groups or voluntary groups.
FIF — a voluntary financial industry group composed of member firms such as broker - dealers, exchanges, and vendors — serves as a central resource for objective commentary and analysis on industry initiatives and informs regulators about the impact of proposed regulation and other market structure changes.
Relying on cherry - picked statutory history, Brennan found that Title VII's plain text did not prohibit collectively bargained, voluntary affirmative action programs that attempt to remedy disparate impact — statistical imbalances in the racial composition of employment groups — even if such plans used quota systems.
Your child can join one of many programs, such as a voluntary residential program, a support group for teens or a day treatment program.
It was left to voluntary bodies such as the Lawyers» Group of Amnesty International to raise human rights abuses affecting lawyers.
Other plans can require voluntary enrollment such as group plans through work or supplemental coverage through a company like AFLAC.
This group also offers a variety of insurance types such as life insurance, dental insurance and vision insurance and specializes in group term life and voluntary life.
SELF - HELP Self - help generally refers to groups or meetings that: involve people who have similar needs; are facilitated by a consumer, survivor, or other layperson; assist people to deal with a «life - disrupting» event, such as a death, abuse, serious accident, addiction, or diagnosis of a physical, emotional, or mental disability, for oneself or a relative; are operated on an informal, free - of - charge, and nonprofit basis; provide support and education; and are voluntary, anonymous, and confidential.
Although group health insurance plans are available to corporations and their employees, major A-rated insurance companies have been reluctant to offer such plans on a national scale to association members, particularly when the members are independent contractors and their participation in a plan is voluntary.
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