About Modernising Volunteering Modernising Volunteering is one of nine workstreams of the National Support Services programme funded by Capacity Builders.
Volunteering England, as lead partner of the Modernising Volunteering workstream, is delighted to be working with Capacitybuilders and our partners the Red Foundation, CSV and NNVIA, the Nationwide Foundation, and V to improve support in an innovative way in the following four key areas.
- Faith-based volunteering
- Skills-based employer supported volunteering
- Volunteering within large national organisations
- New forms of volunteer involvement and management
Capacity Builders funded Improving Support website
News from the Modernising Volunteering Workstream
Faith and Volunteering in England
In May, Volunteering England held a briefing day in Birmingham to launch the report ‘Volunteering and Faith Communities in England’ and the Faith and Volunteering grant programme. The event was aimed at faith volunteering groups and networks and volunteering infrastructure and support organisations. Feed back from delegates was positive; they found the networking particularly useful, welcomed the research and valued the fact that the event took place – and in Birmingham.
Faith Report
Thilo Boeck, from De Montfort University Centre for Social Action, introduced the reports’ findings and the recommendations published in the report. Volunteering England is making free copies of the report available.
Grant Programme for Youth Action and Volunteering in Faith Based Communities
This grant programme is aimed at increasing the quality and quantity of young people's volunteering experience through faith based organisations.
What is this grant programme all about?
Volunteering England are selecting six projects that will build partnerships and demonstrate community building through volunteering. This particular scheme will focus on themes linked to faith communities, work with young people, and joint initiatives between volunteering infrastructure organisations and faith communities.
Professional Skills ESV
Volunteering England is pleased to announce the publication of two Modernising Volunteering workstream reports Forging Sustainable Partnerships between Businesses and Communities and A Gateway to Work.
Forging Sustainable Partnerships between Businesses and Communities explores the potential of and obstacles to brokering skills based volunteering, and make a series of valuable recommendations for stakeholders and for the Modernising Volunteering workstream.
Volunteering and Employability
A Gateway to Work is a guide that has been produced to meet the growing interest across the Volunteer Centre network in promoting and providing opportunities for volunteering as a means of improving people’s employability.
To find out how Volunteering England are acting on the recommendations of the report and to keep up to date with all of the workstreams’ activities, sign up to receive the bulletin at www.improvingsupport.org.uk/signup/
New forms of volunteering
Fresh Thinking is an exploration of the role of social network services in supporting volunteering, improving the support for volunteer led volunteering and developing the role of Volunteer Champions. The report has been produced by Red Foundation and contains important recommendations for the modernising volunteering workstream.
Modernising Volunteering bulletin Keep up-to-date with the Improving Support modernising volunteering workstream by subscribing to the Improving support ebulletin at www.improvingsupport.org.uk/signup/
