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First Timers: Kickstarting a New Volunteer Revolution
Explores first-time volunteering and makes recommendations for ways to encourage more individuals to volunteer for the first time.
Take me thereWe want to see a nation where volunteering is part of everyone’s life:
Explores first-time volunteering and makes recommendations for ways to encourage more individuals to volunteer for the first time.
Take me thereExamines the motivations, attitudes, benefits, routes and barriers to volunteering, and discusses the implications for civic life and society.
Take me thereSets out how boosting civic participation can tackle health inequalities.
Take me thereDiscovers how volunteering in social care settings boosts wellbeing, mood, and cognitive function amongst residents.
Take me thereThis research identifies the impact of volunteering as a social prescribing tool for those living with long-term health conditions.
Take me thereThis report looks at volunteering in the NHS and what’s changed in the last decade, particularly in 2020 as a result of the response to COVID.
Take me thereWritten by Royal Voluntary Service CEO, Catherine Johnstone CBE, Principles of Volunteering discusses the future of volunteering in Britain.
Take me thereWe're always happy to share our experiences and discuss new ways we could work together in partnership in the NHS and in the community.