🎉 Volunteers’ Week is back for its 41st year! In 2024, 14.2M volunteers gave their time across the UK—we’re saying a huge THANK YOU! Check out our new site for celebration ideas & free resources and sign up for updates > #VolunteersWeek

Share your insights and help shape #VolunteeringForAll with the National Recruitment Campaign. We invite organisations and individuals to contribute and make a difference in volunteering. Find out more

We've introduced new online training to help you understand changes happening under the #DisclosureAct and highlight steps you need to take to ensure compliance. Sessions available includes 'Legal Requirement' & 'Regulated Roles'. Book now you space now:

Our latest cost of living bulletin reinforces the recent SHS findings that volunteering is in crisis, with volunteering shortages remaining one of the top three single biggest issues facing Third Sector Organisations. Read more here:

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Planning for Volunteers' Week 2025 is well underway and we want to make sure you don't miss a thing. Sign up to the Volunteers' Week e-newsletter to get all the latest news and updates straight to your inbox. #VolunteersWeek

RT @ScotGovFM: First Minister @JohnSwinney spoke at @scvotweet The Gathering this morning. @ScotGov is committed to creating a fairer appr…

Thanks to everybody who attended our #EquallyValued event on lived-experience and volunteering, hosted with @ALLIANCEScot, at today's #SCVOGathering. The panellists were so inspiring and there was a real buzz in the room. 🙌🏼

You can find out more about our work on: ➡️Volunteering Action Plan here: 📷Employer Supported Volunteering here:

Denise from @VolunteerNow1 shared how their work with an ESV organisation helped them to go onto achieve the Quality Standard #IiV (Investing in Volunteers), enabling them to showcase the significant value volunteering brings to their organisation.

Lauren from SKY shares how they have developed a strong volunteering community within the organisation through their ESV time to care programme. It's important to them to have a strong community connection to support groups and orga locally. #scvogathering

Derek from @eatsrosyth shares how their connection with @FifeVolAction helped them to reach more orgs interested in ESV opportunities that then benefit all parties involved. It also allowed for individuals not familiar with the org to consider future volunteering! #scvogathering

Linda from @FifeVolAction shares how they support organisations in their local authority to find the right ESV opportunity for them that matches their orgs values and goals. #scvogathering

We learned from our desk review that there are 3 ESV trends: ➡️ Employer Vs Individual led policies ➡️Active Vs passive ➡️Skills based Vs Unskilled Read more in our desk review here: #SCVOGathering

Our CEO Alan Stevenson kicks off the event with an intro to #EmployerSupportedVolunteering and kickstart the conversation about developing a national approach to ESV!

About to kick off our event at #SCVOGathering 'A national approach to #EmployerSupportedVolunteering

Our Senior Policy Officer, Sarah Latto asking what the Scottish Government are doing to reverse the decline in volunteer participation in Scotland #SCVOGathering

Happy #scvogathering! Come and find us at stand 7!

Our latest cost of living bulletin reinforces the recent SHS findings that volunteering is in crisis, with volunteering shortages remaining one of the top three single biggest issues facing Third Sector Organisations. Read more here: