Volunteering Matters

Volunteering Matters are a national volunteering and social change charity that has been delivering meaningful impact across UK communities for 60+ years. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to thrive. By bringing people together through the power of volunteering, we create amazing relationships which help overcome society’s most complex social issues. We partner with communities to overcome adversity, tackle social isolation and loneliness, improve mental and physical health and wellbeing, develop skills, confidence, opportunity, and ensure that people can lead change. We deliver a wide range of 150+ community-led volunteering programmes across the UK including across 11 local authority areas in Scotland. These projects involve 8,500 volunteers of all backgrounds and demographics.  Through our “place-based” strategic approach, we support communities by ensuring change is driven by them, with our support, to best meet their needs.