Volunteering England | What We Do

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What we do

Volunteering England is a volunteer development agency committed to supporting, enabling and celebrating volunteering in all its diversity.

Our work links research, policy innovation, good practice and grant making in the involvement of volunteers.

Information Service

The Information Service provides a key resource to help people who are working with, or managing, volunteers.

Volunteering Magazine

Check out our monthly online magazine - full access available exclusively to members of Volunteering England

Student Volunteering

Find out about the Student Volunteering Team, who work across Further and Higher Education

Research

Volunteering England is home to the Institute for Volunteering Research

Policy and campaigns

More about our work to raise the profile of volunteering on the public policy agenda

Investing in Volunteers

Investing in Volunteers is the UK quality standard for all organisations which involve volunteers in their work.

Volunteer Centres

More about our work to secure and support an England-wide network of quality volunteer development agencies

Employer Supported Volunteering

Explore our extensive online resource on employer supported volunteering

Grant Making and Funding

Volunteering England’s Opportunities for Volunteering grants programme is currently closed. Please follow this link for details of other national agents' schemes.

Events

Key events on the volunteering calendar

Volunteering in sport

Find out about volunteering in sport

Health and Social Care

As health and social care services work together so the volunteering that takes place also spans both health and social care