Volunteers’ Week is an annual event which celebrates the fantastic contribution that millions of volunteers make across the UK. The Week plays a huge part in raising the profile of the millions of volunteers who regularly contribute to society, while inspiring others to get involved too.
To highlight this contribution, there is a burst of activity during 1-7 June when a host of organisations from the public, private and charity sectors will hold parties and award ceremonies to thank their volunteers. and highlight their contribution to local groups and the wider community, while individuals are encouraged to use the Week to find out more about volunteering.
Everyone is invited to join this national celebration of volunteering, it's up to you to decide exactly how you join in.
If you are inspired by volunteering and would like to get involved in this national celebration there are lots of resources on this website, to help you do just that! You can visit the registered users area of this site for event ideas and to access the Volunteers’ Week logo and other free resources. These can be used by anyone holding reward, recognition or recruitment events during Volunteers’ Week. Elsewhere on this site you can share your own experience of volunteers and volunteering, and read about others’ stories too.
Volunteers' Week is an initiative of Volunteering England, Wales Council for Voluntary Action, Volunteer Now and Volunteer Development Scotland.
The Volunteers' Week website brings together a number of new features to make the week go off with a bang! This includes:
- an event finder to find details of a local event taking place during Volunteers' Week. Search using your postcode, date or region
- a range of branded merchandise which is available for purchase (at discounted rates to Volunteering England members). The range includes stickers, photo holders, sports bottles, pens, trolley coin keyrings, thank you cards and more
- stories from volunteersacross the country
- thank volunteers for the difference that they have made to beneficiaries or to the organisation that they have been volunteering for on the 'thank you' page - then see your message appear across the homepage
- Free downloads of marketing materialswhich you can use for your event. These include posters, flyers and thank you certificates
Remember the web address - it's: www.volunteersweek.org.uk.
If you would like more information about Volunteers' Week email us at volunteersweek@volunteeringengland.org.
