Volunteering

Welcome to the modernising volunteering workstream

Our role is to promote volunteering through helping support providers guide third sector organisations towards engaging and deploying a greater diversity of volunteers and in developing new sustainable ways of working. We encourage recognition of the value of volunteering and will help modernisation by building support resources and developing volunteer-led initiatives.

Our aims

We will equip support providers with the skills, knowledge and tools needed to help increase the quality, quantity and accessibility of volunteering opportunities. With our partners, we will focus on four main areas: overcoming barriers to volunteering; accessing non-financial support; faith-based volunteering; and new forms of volunteer involvement.

What problems do we want to solve?

Existing research has identified some barriers to volunteering and how it needs to evolve for the 21st century. This research now needs to be converted into practical resources so that support providers can help frontline organisations attain an increase in the quality, quantity and accessibility of volunteering opportunities.