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Volunteering Matters response to the launch of the National Youth Strategy

December 10, 2025December 10, 2025

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 the #DeliverYou campaign.

Volunteering Matters is recruiting new trustees

November 6, 2025November 25, 2025

[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.

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Schools Volunteer (Lambeth)

For people aged 50+, volunteers support school pupils with their learning on a 1:1 basis, and in small groups, helping students with confidence, social schools, and capability in school.

This is just the beginning: launching our new strategy

October 21, 2025October 21, 2025

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, inclusion, community power and social connection. Rooted in social justice and powered by volunteers, this strategy will guide how we work, grow and lead change together. This is just the beginning.

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Youth Support Volunteer (Edinburgh)

Conversing with me has helped my matched mentee to develop some key social skills. Most importantly the ability to talk about their interests to people they’re meeting for the first […]

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 ripple effects of their actions.

A New Initiative to Build Stronger Communities

March 25, 2025March 24, 2025

The Good Neighbours Newcastle initiative enables volunteers to dedicate a little time, providing social, emotional, or practical assistance to people in their communities.

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Volunteering Matters is a registered charity in England and Wales no. 291222 and in Scotland no. SC039171. Volunteering Matters is a company limited by guarantee no. 1435877.

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