In my time volunteering, I've never found a charity that would accept volunteers for any skilled, technical, interesting, managerial or decision-making tasks.

In my time volunteering, I've never found a charity that would accept volunteers for any skilled, technical, interesting, managerial or decision-making tasks. Anything important is only entrusted to paid employees. Volunteers are used for unskilled work that would be minimum wage if paid. I was also surprised at the high number of my fellow volunteers who were actually 'volunteering' only because it was part of their court ordered sentence.