London Volunteering: Vision & Action Plan
Works4U is leading a London-wide collaborative process to develop a vision and action plan for volunteering across the capital. A short PowerPoint overview of the project can be found here.
London Volunteer Manager
Have Your Say!
If you are a Volunteer Manager and would like to have your say on how volunteering in London should be developed, then please fill in this anonymous survey which will directly feed into the London Vision & Action Plan for Volunteering:
Trusteeship in London
Have Your Say!
If you are a Charity Trustee in London or have been or are interested in how trusteeship across London should be developed, then please fill in this anonymous survey which will directly feed into the London Vision & Action Plan for Volunteering:
Londoners - Have Your Say About Volunteering!
For anyone who lives or works in London, whether you volunteer or not. This short anonymous survey is a way for people who live or work in London to have their say about how volunteering can be developed and improved across the capital. Your input will directly feed into the London Vision & Action Plan for Volunteering.
Employee Volunteering
Have Your Say!
For anyone who lives or works in London, who has an interest or association with employee volunteering. This short anonymous survey is a way for people who live or work in London to have their say about how employee volunteering can be developed and improved across the capital. Your input will directly feed into the London Vision & Action Plan for Volunteering.
Vision & Action Plan
Volunteering is an essential part of how London functions, but formal volunteering is on the decline. To develop volunteering across the capital we are bringing together volunteering experts, practitioners and stakeholders to produce a vision and action plan. This plan will be produced by March 2025 and will include practical and realistic actions for both within and outside the voluntary sector.
This work is funded by GLA/London Plus.
Steering Group: London Volunteering Strategy Group
The London Volunteering Strategy Group (LVSG) will be acting as a steering and advisory group to ensure key topics and themes are included in this work and that we get the input from stakeholders across London.
If you would like to be part of the LVSG and help shape London's volunteering future, please contact Dominic Pinkney from Works4U.
Steering Group Meetings
24th June
LVSG met and began its work steering the project. The presentation of project & LVSG's role can be accessed here. Notes from the meeting can be accessed here.
15th July
Meeting notes can be accessed here. Presentation showing progress made and topics discussed can be accessed here.
9th September
Meeting in person at Kings Cross (thank you to Camden Council). Notes will appear here shortly.
10th October
Meeting notes and presentation will appear here shortly.
Upcoming LVSG meetings:
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Wed 27th Nov 3-4pm (Zoom)
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Thurs 6th Jan 11am-12 (Zoom)
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Thurs 6th Feb 11am-12 (Zoom)
How to get involved?
It is essential that we involve as many people and organisations as we can to create a practical action plan to develop volunteering. Not everyone will have time to attend all the meetings so we will have a range of ways to engage and input into the process:
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Join steering group (London Volunteering Strategy Group) - see more info on this page
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Sign up here to the newsletter for updates
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Join the dedicated LinkedIn Group for this project which has regular updates
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Look out for posts/polls/feedback requests on any of the following social media:
Works4U
Works4U Twitter/X (@Works4utweet)
Works4U LinkedIn
Works4U Facebook
London's Lifelines
Twitter/X (@LDNsLifelines)
Facebook
LinkedIn
London Plus
Twitter/X (@londonplus18)
Facebook
LinkedIn
- Email Works4U to ask how you get involved.
Works4U
Works4U is a not-for-profit social enterprise based in London and has been carrying out pioneering work to develop volunteering.
CEO Dominic Pinkney set up and chairs the national Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV) Network. He also leads the North Central London Volunteering PLUS network, through Volunteer Centre Camden, tackling the strategic development of health volunteering.
Phil Boye-Anawomah, Head of Volunteering at Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre, is working with Dominic to carry out this work.