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Volunteering Opportunities
SAFE Males – PEER MENTOR VOLUNTEER (GWENT)
Volunteering Matters’ SAFE males project is aimed at males aged 16-35 in Gwent who have a learning need or disability. We need your help in creating fun interactive sessions.
Reports
Rural Isolation of citizens in Europe
Over the course of a two year campaign on rural isolation, Volonteurope has been gathering evidence and good practice from the European voluntary sector.
Rural isolation of citizens in europe
This brief aims to introduce the problem of rural isolation, reflect on its realities and negative impact and assess its different dimensions.
News
Thank you again to players of People’s Postcode Lottery!
£750,000 is helping us to reach thousands of vulnerable older people at risk of loneliness and isolation across the UK!
Volunteering Matters receives funding boost from players of charity lottery
We have been awarded £600,000 in funding from players of the People’s Postcode Lottery to support our work in tackling social isolation and boosting the health and wellbeing of older people across the UK.
Volonteurope builds bridges between young volunteers and big business
VolontEurope, together with partners from several EU states, is launching a program called European Volunteer Inclusion Program (EuroVIP) to help reduce youth unemployment in Europe.
Blog Posts
New from #CharityConnect: 5 brilliant business offers
Gethyn Williams on the free, skilled volunteer support available for your charity right now.
Need skills urgently to support your charity’s efforts? Let us help.
We can now help connect your charity with the businesses who have come forward to support charities with their skills and expertise.
Volunteers are doing things differently
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic we’ve quickly adapted, identifying new ways to make sure our amazing volunteers can keep supporting their communities. We’re massively privileged to have the trust and regular contact with isolated older people through our projects and programmes. So we’ve utilised this contact to reach out and use the creativity … Continued
Grandmentors: Does it work?
A comprehensive two-year evaluation by Manchester Metropolitan University on Grandmentors explores whether the programme works for young people leaving care.
How can volunteering support better civic engagement?
Public Affairs Manager Martin Jones gave us his thoughts on the House of Lords Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic Engagement.
Why volunteer?
Volunteers make a massive difference to people and communities all over the UK, from providing advice to troubled families, helping children to read, or empowering people with disabilities.
What motivates our volunteers to keep going through the night in Blackburn?
Volunteering Matters works with Nightsafe, a local youth homeless shelter based in Blackburn, to place volunteers at the shelter overnight, to ensure that the beneficiaries can access the care and support they need.
Volunteers are a precious resource for refugees – a constant reminder that they are not alone
In 2015 more than a million refugees crossed into Europe. This migration surge has drawn attention to the inadequacy of the current asylum system and of the response given by governments to the crisis.
Reducing rural isolation in Europe
Read an introduction to Volonteurope's Rural Isolation report, the problems it causes and possible methods of altering these.
“Strategy is only good in retrospect” Discuss.
Our Chief Executive Oonagh Aitken’s take on strategic planning, as inspired by the recent National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) conference.