Our impact in 2023

Take a look at the impact that Volunteering Matters has made in 2023. Here you can find out more about the transformational work underway in communities.

OPPORTUNITY

Grandmentors Volunteer (Telford & Wrekin)

Grandmentors is an innovative volunteering project where older volunteers use their lifetime of skills and experience to support and mentor young people leaving the care system.

OPPORTUNITY

Grandmentors Volunteer (Merton)

Grandmentors is an innovative project that sees older volunteers use their lifetime of skills and experience to support young people leaving the care system.

PROJECT

Suffolk Ambassador Programme

Through the Suffolk Ambassador programme, funded by National Citizen Service (NCS), we will work with young people aged 16-17 to discover their strengths as Youth Social Action Ambassadors.

OPPORTUNITY

Mentor (Ipswich)

Equip Mentoring uses the power of volunteers to support young people to get into employment, education or training in Ipswich.

PROJECT

Suffolk Young Ambassadors

A project supporting social mobility of over 300 young people, aged 10 to 19, to lead their own youth social action programmes in Ipswich.

OPPORTUNITY

Befriender (North Lanarkshire)

Build a relationship with young carers (aged between 8-18 years old) and become a good role model to them within the North Lanarkshire area.

PROJECT

North Lanarkshire Befriending Project

Empowering young people to make their own choices in North Lanarkshire in this befriending project.

Young people