Reports Archive - Volunteering Matters

Volunteering Matters reports archive.

Grandmentors: MMU Evaluation Report Executive Summary

A comprehensive two-year evaluation by Manchester Metropolitan University on Grandmentors explores whether the programme works for young people leaving care.

Young Volunteers in Health and Social Care

Toolkit: Youth Volunteering and Social Action in Health and Social Care, 2nd Edition

A toolkit to help health and social care organisations engage with young people as volunteers. It is designed to foster and support ambitious work through practical advice, easy to follow guidance and inspirational case studies.

Priorities for the Plan

Now the NHS has turned 70, and with the Government preparing a long-term plan for the service in England, a broad range of leaders in charities and voice organisations have come together to offer our views on what should happen next to improve health and care – within the NHS and beyond.

IPC and Personal health budget support and development programme: Learning and next steps

This report explores how voluntary and community organisations and Clinical Commissioning Groups can collaborate to deliver Personal Health Budgets.

Grandmentors Programme Review

An external review of the Grandmentors programme, conducted between June and September 2017. The review looks at what Grandmentors offers in the current policy and commissioning environment, and how the model could be evolved for the future.

Barriers and Benefits: Tackling inequalities in health through volunteering

In general those who could benefit most from volunteering are the least likely to be able to take part in it. This paper from Volunteering Matters looks at what organisations can do to start addressing the equity issues in volunteering.

Volunteering, Inequalities & Public Health: Barriers to Volunteering

This research summary presents findings from a rapid literature review by Leeds Beckett University on volunteering, inequalities & public health.

Making Time – Join In

Join In’s latest ground-breaking research looks at how behavioural science can persuade more people to give their time and volunteer, with a focus on sport.

Volunteering younger person and older person

Evaluation Report – Enhancing Youth Volunteering Opportunities in Health & Social Care

This report aims to share our learning from commissioned work and the steps needed to improve youth volunteering with the health & social care sectors.

father reading to children on families project volunteers supporting families children's services

Evaluation of Volunteers Supporting Families : Executive Summary

Executive Summary on the Evaluation of Volunteers Supporting Families project; an additional resource for social care teams.