Volunteering can build the kind of society we all want to live in.
Today we launch our shared commitment with 17 other leading volunteering charities to support all communities across the UK to be dynamic and welcoming places for volunteering.
The benefits can be transformative, creating the kind of society we all want to live in while volunteers can help address some of the biggest challenges we face from COVID recovery, to mental health to climate change.
As a group, we believe the extraordinary expansion of volunteering in every village, town and city through the Covid-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented opportunity to power-up our civic society for the long-term, enabling everyone to share in its many rewards.
The ‘Shaping the Future with Volunteering’ group is being co-chaired by Royal Voluntary Service CEO, Catherine Johnstone CBE and Matt Hyde OBE, Chief Executive at Scouts. Both organisations have been active during the pandemic, involving volunteers in vital community service.
Catherine Johnstone CBE, CEO Royal Voluntary Service said: “We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create a bigger and broader civic society which will build stronger communities. Millions of people have stepped forward during the pandemic for the first time and while supporting others in their hour of need, they have benefited themselves in so many ways. I have been humbled by what I have seen through our work with the NHS on the frontline, our volunteers have supported those in great need, often out of their comfort zone, but rising to the challenge. In return they found new confidence, a sense of community and belonging and a feel-good-factor which comes from doing something of real value. We have come together as national charities to build on this momentum. We know change is needed if we are to make the most of this incredible chance and we are determined to seize the moment.”
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Posted On: 07/06/2021