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.

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 Sept
Meeting in person at Kings Cross (thank you to Camden Council). Notes will appear here shortly.

Upcoming LVSG meetings:

Thurs 10th Oct 2-3pm (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:

Join steering group (London Volunteering Strategy Group) - see more info on this page
Sign up here to the newsletter for updates
Join the dedicated LinkedIn Group for this project which has regular updates
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.