We have been running a series of webinars sharing our ‘insights and inspiration’ from the past year: practical insights into the implementation of the five themes and inspiring stories of action people have taken. So, what have we learned? 

We are thrilled to welcome Amanda Naylor OBE, Chief Executive of Volunteering Matters, and Ruth Leonard, Chair of the Association of Volunteer Managers (AVM), as the new Co-Chairs of Vision for Volunteering!

We worked with Volunteering Matters to speak directly to volunteers from different place-based local projects to better understand and amplify how volunteers relate to the Vision.

To mark Small Charity Week, we got together with the good people at Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland and Getting On Board to shine a light on the theme of experimentation, through the lens of Trusteeship.

Power is one of the five key themes of the Vision for Volunteering, and often one that causes a lot of discussion, so we wanted to dive a little deeper into what this means for volunteers and those that work with them.

June is just around the corner and with it comes focus, attention and activity around the inspiring volunteering, communities and organisations that make our sector and society a more hopeful and human place to be

Vision for Volunteering is building a movement of people, places and projects all pushing for positive change in volunteering. Small steps or big plans, this is something we can all get behind, whatever our connection to volunteering. 

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a full year since the Vision for Volunteering Team started! In this blog we reflect on the year - while also looking ahead to the years to come.

Catch up with our five conferences based on the Vision for Volunteering themes of Awareness & Appreciation, Power, Collaboration, Experimentation and Equity & Inclusion.

Kat Proudman, a volunteer with Emmaus North Staffs, talks about their experiences of inclusive and flexible volunteering to fit around their needs.

Anthony Poldervaart (Senior Encouragement Officer) and Amy Butterworth (CEO) from Make It Happen Birkenhead talk about how they used a methodology called ‘Ripple Effect Mapping’ to help them understand the impact of their work with volunteers.

One of the Vision for Volunteering themes is collaboration. In this blog piece, Ed Mayo from Pilotlight talks about how they used the idea of collaboration to co-create the UK Pro Bono Association.

Community Reporting is a storytelling method that we’ve been using to hear peoples’ lived experiences of volunteering

A summary of the outcomes of the Vision for Volunteer’s summer workshops

Whatever words you choose to describe the difference you make, there are many, many different ways to volunteer - we are here for them all. Collectively, they make the world go round.

A welcome message from the new Vision for Volunteering Team, setting out the challenge ahead and what's to come!