Volunteering

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…

Celebrating Colin: A living example of the volunteering ecosystem
Colin Mason’s 25-year journey through volunteering shows how one person can influence every level of society. From supporting individuals to leading national strategy.

Community Connectors
Community Connectors works to better understand how people in Ipswich engage with physical activity. By listening to lived experiences in Belstead Hills, Gainsborough, and Whitton, we aim to shape…

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…

Volunteer Story (Nahed)
Nahed, a volunteer who fled the war in Syria, arrived in England in June 2018 and two months later began volunteering with Volunteering Matters as a Volunteer Health Champion in Bloom. Here she…

From staff member to RSVP Volunteer Organiser
Hear from Diane who has moved from being a staff member at Volunteering Matters to a RSVP Volunteer Organiser. Diane shares her experience and tells us more about the amazing work she is doing…

My Volunteering Story, Robert
Hear from Robert, our fantastic Engagement Manager for the Action Earth project in Scotland, who started off as a volunteer with CSV Media in Edinburgh back in 1990. 

My Volunteering Story, Ryan
Hear from Ryan, the Partnerships Manager for Volunteering Matters in Wales about his volunteering story. Ryan began volunteering in Torfaen in 2014 and earned a Diana Award along the way.

My Volunteering Story, Colin
My Volunteering Story, Colin Hear from Colin, who has volunteered with our RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme) for around thirty years. Colin shared some very special memories of his…

#iWill Movement
Young people aren’t just the leaders of tomorrow. They have the energy, skills and ideas to change society and the environment for the better today. The #iwill Movement looks to enable youth…

Brighter Futures
Brighter futures support young people across Scotland to access volunteering opportunities in their local community. We work closely with local charity partners to re-engage young people and work…