Martin Lynda wrote:
> Dear All
> We have just been informed by our HR Department that all volunteers over the age of 10 will need to have a full CRB check before they can help with "Team Read" this summer - in spite of the fact that children are accompanied by parents, library staff are present and the volunteer is not left on their own. This will effectively mean that we will not have any young volunteers this summer as this can take 3 months or more to come through. It will also impact on Duke of Edinburgh's students volunteering in the library.
> We assume this is an internal decision rather than national guidelines - can anyone share their experience please? We have some very disappointed young people and parents.
> Thanks,
> Lynda martin
> Partnership Manager
> Cambridgeshire Libraries
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>
Hmmm, does this cover students that do work experience in libraries?
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