Action Earth grants now open
Action Earth grants now open Volunteering Matters has opened applications for its 2026 Action Earth grants, supporting volunteer-led projects that improve local green spaces and bring communities…

New partnership with DSIT to amplify youth voice
We are excited to be entering a new partnership that builds on the success of our 2025 hackathons as part of the Deliver You campaign.

Impact Report 24/25 – A year of connection, community and change
Our 2024/25 Annual Impact Report celebrates the incredible difference our volunteers have made across the UK, bringing our 2025 to 2030 strategy to life.

Volunteering Matters response to the launch of the National Youth Strategy
We’re proud to deliver the #iWill Movement and to have played a leading role, as part of a consortium with UK Youth and others, in enabling young people to shape the National Youth Strategy through…

Our response to proposals for mandatory volunteering for migrants and asylum seekers
Volunteering Matters believe that volunteering should always be a free and meaningful choice. We recognise the vital role volunteering plays in building stronger, more inclusive communities and want…

Volunteering Matters is recruiting new trustees
[Now closed] This is your opportunity to help shape the future of volunteering and ensure communities everywhere can thrive. Join us and become a new Trustee.

This is just the beginning: launching our new strategy
Today we launch our new five-year strategy, a bold and collaborative vision shaped by staff, volunteers, partners and communities. It sets out the changes we want to see across loneliness, wellbeing,…

Mentoring matters
Our new animation shares real experiences from volunteers and mentees, showing how small acts of listening, encouragement and guidance can create lasting change.

Volunteer Voices podcast
In our special Volunteers’ Week podcast, now available to watch, we bring together a vibrant panel of volunteers, from teenagers to retirees, each sharing their unique journey and the powerful…

Action Earth secures major three-year funding boost for environmental volunteering across Scotland
Volunteering Matters is celebrating a significant win for Scotland as its Action Earth programme has secured £226,236 from The National Lottery Community Fund and an additional £30,000 from…

Volunteering Matters welcome £2.4 million of funding for youth voice
Volunteering Matters welcome £2.4 million of funding for youth voice Volunteering Matters welcomes £2.4 million boost to amplify young voices and drive youth-led community action. This isn’t just…

Young people leading the change for their future
Ipswich has played host to one of six National Youth Strategy ‘Hack’ events, bringing together 150 young people from across Suffolk to have their say on the future of youth services in England.