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Coming up
- PVG - Regulated Roles
- Celebrating International Volunteer Managers Day
- A Complete Guide to PVG and Your Signatory Role
- Eastside People - The Joy of Trusteeship
- Becoming a Young Trustee: What You Need to Know
- PVG - Your Signatory Role
- Being a Charity Trustee: The Basics
- PVG - Regulated Roles
- Young Trustees Movement Champion Training
- PVG - Recruitment and Duty to Refer Training
- Youth Volunteering in Schools Resource Training
- Beyond the Basics: Understanding Board Dynamics
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- Heritage Trustees 101
- Volunteering Action Plan Conference: Bridging the Participation Gap
- Scottish Network for Volunteering Research
- Volunteer Managers‘ Forum
- Heritage Debate 2026
- Becoming an Active Ally for Young People to Be Seen and Heard
- The Role of Inclusive Volunteer Involvement in Civic Society
- A Complete Guide to PVG and Your Signatory Role
- Canine Partners' Virtual Open Day
- HVG Volunteer Management Conference
- PVG - Your Signatory Role
- PVG - Regulated Roles
- PVG - Recruitment and Duty to Refer Training
- A Complete Guide to PVG and Your Signatory Role
- Using Human Rights to Strengthen the Third Sector
- PVG - Your Signatory Role
- PVG - Regulated Roles
- PVG - Recruitment and Duty to Refer Training
- PVG - Recruitment and Duty to Refer Training
- Young Trustees Movement Champion Training
- Am I Making the Right Decision? The Role of Ethics in Volunteer Engagement
- Volunteer Management Training Course 1 - Volunteer Involvement - Getting Started
- Volunteer Management Training Course 2 - Effective Volunteer Recruitment
- Volunteer Management Training Course 3 - Supporting Your Volunteers
- Scottish Network for Volunteering Research
- Volunteer Management Training Course 4 - Fair and Equal Volunteering
- Volunteer Management Training Course 5 - Managing Risk in Your Volunteer Programme
- Volunteer Managers‘ Forum
- Volunteer Management Training Course 6 - Avoiding Legal Issues in Volunteer Management
- Volunteer Management Training Course 1 - Volunteer Involvement - Getting Started
- Volunteer Managers‘ Forum
- Volunteer Management Training Course 2 - Effective Volunteer Recruitment
- Volunteer Management Training Course 3 - Supporting Your Volunteers
- Volunteer Management Training Course 4 - Fair and Equal Volunteering
- Volunteer Management Training Course 5 - Managing Risk in Your Volunteer Programme
- Volunteer Management Training Course 6 - Avoiding Legal Issues in Volunteer Management
- Volunteer Managers‘ Forum
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Inclusion in Volunteering - Recruiting and Supporting Dyslexic Volunteers
These Top Tips were produced by Volunteer Scotland and the National Inclusion in Volunteering Group, alongside Dyslexia Scotland. They hope reflecting on the top tips...
How to Identify and Fix Gaps in Your Volunteer Recruitment Process
Your volunteer database may be growing while weekday shifts remain unfilled, specialised roles stay open, or new registrants never complete their first shift. For...
Make Your Mark - Seeking Host Organisations for Supported Volunteering
Make Your Mark is looking for organisations working with Scotland's history, culture and nature to support a new skills development programme in partnership with Keep...
#iWill Festival of Social Action
This year's festival: 18th - 20th November 2026 The #iWill Festival of Social Action is the #iWill Movement’s annual flagship campaign – three days of youth-led events,...
Reimagining Volunteer Management: Retention, Motivation and Impact in Modern Charities
Volunteers have always been at the heart of the third sector. They give time, energy, and expertise that money simply can’t buy. Yet in recent years, volunteer...
Volunteer Scotland - Top Tips for Inclusion of LGBTQ+ Volunteers
These Top Tips were produced by LGBT Youth Scotland, Volunteer Scotland and the National Inclusion in Volunteering Group. LGBT Youth Scotland are Scotland’s national...
Volunteer Scotland Disclosure Services - Removable Convictions Learning Byte
Applicants now have greater control over the disclosure information shared about them. If eligible, they can apply to have certain convictions and other information...
Young Trustees Movement - The Realities of Being a Young Trustee
Steph Hayle (she/her) is currently a trustee with The Migraine Trust and Bristol Students’ Union. She began her governance journey at 21 when she was elected as an...
Making Year-End Volunteer Recognition More Meaningful
Year-end volunteer recognition allows organisations to thank people for the time, consistency, and effort they contributed throughout the year. The challenge is making...
Your Driving Can Literally Change Lives
When David retired, he found himself with something he hadn't had for many years - time. Like many new retirees, he was adjusting to a very different pace of life. It...
Meet Kim: Helping Bring Footcare Fife Closer to Home
When Kim heard about Footcare Fife through the NHS Podiatry Team in High Valleyfield, she was inspired by the difference volunteers can make in their local communities –...
London School of Economics' Volunteer Centre - What Students Can Teach Us About Inclusive Volunteering
In this blog , Maria McEvoy, Founder of Inclusive Volunteering, explores why engaging more young volunteers requires us to look beyond recruitment and focus on the...
London School of Economics - What Does the Next Generation Want from Volunteering?
Following the first London School of Economics' Volunteer Conference: Hack the Future – Mobilising Next-Gen Volunteers , facilitator Maria McEvoy reflects on what the...
How to Conduct a Volunteer Program Capacity Assessment
Recruiting more volunteers can increase what your organisation can do, but growth always creates more work behind the scenes. Someone still has to answer questions,...
How to Recognize Volunteer Burnout Before It Leads to Disengagement
Most volunteer programs have a core group of people who provide consistency over time. They are the volunteers who show up regularly, step in when coverage is needed,...
Scottish Household Survey Shows Volunteering is on the Rise - But Not Everyone is Benefitting
New figures show that volunteering in Scotland is continuing to recover, but persistent inequalities and changing patterns of participation present challenges for the...
Top tips for Involving Older Volunteers
Age Scotland, Volunteer Scotland, and the National Inclusion in Volunteering Group created seven top tips for involving older volunteers. The tips aim to help voluntary...
Volunteer Scotland - New Disclosure Levels Learning Byte
If your organisation has volunteers or staff in a regulated role, there is a legal requirement to ensure everyone in those roles is appropriately PVG checked. Other...
CHAS on Making Volunteer Recruitment Clearer, Easier and More Accessible
Finding the right volunteers isn't simply about attracting more people. It's about helping people understand what they're signing up for and making it easy for them to...
You Don't Need to Have All the Answers to Become a Trustee
Theresa Ogbekhiulu was just 20 when she first stepped into a boardroom. Today, she is a Non-Executive Director, School Governor and Associate Board Member – and she...
Volunteer Glasgow: Guidance on Volunteering and Benefits
Volunteer Glasgow has recently published a web-page informed by DWP with guidance for people on benefits around how volunteering can affect their eligibility to continue...
UK Government (DWP): Right to try - Regulations on Volunteering for Jobseekers
UK Government's Right to Try strengthens existing regulations so that undertaking work or volunteering will not, on its own, lead to a reassessment of a benefit award....
Volunteering and the Right To Try Guarantee
Landmark legislation aims to make it easier for disabled people and people with health conditions to explore work or volunteering without the immediate fear of losing...
State of the Sector 2026: Scottish Voluntary Sector Key Trends
How big is Scotland’s voluntary sector, and what are the key trends shaping it? Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) have released their State of the...
PVG - Recruitment and Duty to Refer Training
This course combines with the online courses Signatory Training and PVG Regulated Work to provide a complete package of training on the PVG legislation and its operation...
International Volunteer Managers Day 2026
International Volunteer Managers' Day (IVMD) is coming up on 05 November. The theme for 2026 is Legacy and Leadership: Honouring the Past, Present and Future. Every day,...
FVA Supports Optos staff to volunteer at STAR – Siblings Reunited
Optos, a healthcare technology company specialising in helping eye care professionals, reached out to FVA to arrange a day of volunteering for 30 of their staff in the...
No Volunteers, No Communities - World Community Development Conference 2026
At the World Community Development Conference 2026, podcast hosts Conor and Eddie interviewed 11 community development practitioners from across the globe, exploring...
Cessation of Volunteering - Research Findings
Researchers from Newcastle University have conducted research into the cessation of volunteering in older adults with the aim of providing a rich understanding of the...
PVG - New Legal Requirements Learning Byte
Within the disclosure process there are legal requirements that must be met to ensure that employing groups are not in breach of relevant legislation. Knowing what your...
New Resource for Everyone Working with Children, Young People and Their Families
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), in partnership with the Scottish Government and key stakeholders, has launched a new resource: Su
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Older items that may still be of interest
- Panel: Volunteering for Heritage Career Development (20 days ago)
- Shaping Scotland’s New Volunteer Development Network (31 days ago)
- Have Your Say: Scotland's New Volunteer Development Network (31 days ago)
- Nationwide volunteers learn how to grow and be themselves at The Sanctuary Garden (62 days ago)
- Volunteer Managers‘ Forum (64 days ago)
- Insights From Young Volunteers (70 days ago)
- HVG - Recruit Volunteers like a Marketing Pro (70 days ago)
- Tech for Good Alliance - Corporate Skilled Volunteering Survey (71 days ago)
- PVG - Regulated Roles (73 days ago)
- PVG - Regulated Roles (73 days ago)
- PVG - Your Signatory Role (73 days ago)
- PVG - Your Signatory Role (73 days ago)
- PVG - Your Signatory Role (73 days ago)
- A Complete Guide to PVG and Your Signatory Role (73 days ago)
- A Complete Guide to PVG and Your Signatory Role (73 days ago)
- PVG - Recruitment and Duty to Refer Training (73 days ago)
- PVG - Recruitment and Duty to Refer Training (73 days ago)
- Beyond Hours: Communicating Volunteer Value to Your Board (76 days ago)
- Volunteering - A Human Rights and Equalities First Approach (76 days ago)
- Student Volunteering: What the Research Says (80 days ago)
- How to Refresh Your Volunteer Program Documents (80 days ago)
- How to Create an Engaging Volunteer Newsletter (80 days ago)
- HVG Events - Older Volunteers: Planning Positive Endings (80 days ago)
- Why Young Trustees Matter: The Digital Transformation of Cycling Without Age (80 days ago)
- Am I Making the Right Decision? The Role of Ethics in Volunteer Engagement (80 days ago)
- Get Ready for Befriending Week (80 days ago)
- A New Parkrun is Coming to Leven – Be Part of Something Special (90 days ago)
- Scotland's Charity Sector Remains Strong - and Fife Continues to Play a Vital Role (3 to 6 months ago)
- Help Care for More Than 5,500 Newly Planted Trees at Lucky Ewe (3 to 6 months ago)
- Community Comes Together to Help Keep Leven Beach Beautiful (3 to 6 months ago)
- Nationwide Volunteers Help Inverkeithing Community Garden Flourish (3 to 6 months ago)
- Grandmentors Fife Volunteer Information Session (3 to 6 months ago)
- Improving the “Curb Appeal” of your Volunteer Recruitment Webpage (3 to 6 months ago)
- Recruitment Messaging: Crafting Your Most Successful Call for Volunteers Yet (3 to 6 months ago)
- Association of Independent Museums: Heritage Trustees 101 (3 to 6 months ago)
- Understanding the Barriers and Motivators to Employer Supported Volunteering (3 to 6 months ago)
- From Reports to Real Stories: Rethinking How We Talk About Impact in the Third Sector (3 to 6 months ago)
- Why is Inclusive Volunteering Important? (3 to 6 months ago)
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner - Penumbra (3 to 6 months ago)
- Volunteers Needed! Kirkcaldy Park Running Festival 2026 (3 to 6 months ago)
- Key Trends in Corporate Volunteering (3 to 6 months ago)
- Local Volunteering for Local People (3 to 6 months ago)
- Shifting Sands: A Support to Planning for Scottish Voluntary Organisations 2026 (3 to 6 months ago)
- Employer Supported Volunteering: What Does the Research Say? (3 to 6 months ago)
- Active Citizenship: The Role of Volunteer Involvement in Strengthening Democracies (3 to 6 months ago)
- How to Create a Volunteers’ Expenses Policy (3 to 6 months ago)
- Updated Youth Volunteering in Schools Resource (3 to 6 months ago)
- Creativity for Leaders of Volunteers (3 to 6 months ago)
- How Clear Volunteer Role Descriptions Reduce No-Shows (3 to 6 months ago)
- Skills-Based Volunteering: How to Build a Successful Program in 2026 (3 to 6 months ago)
- Community of Practice: Digital for Flexibility - Volunteer Experience (3 to 6 months ago)
- Are We Seeing a Turning Point in Volunteering? (3 to 6 months ago)
- Making Volunteering Count: Demonstrating the Value of Volunteering (3 to 6 months ago)
- Good News for Volunteer Drivers! (3 to 6 months ago)
- Fife College Staff Make a Difference Off Campus (3 to 6 months ago)
- HSBC Teams Volunteer For Fife (3 to 6 months ago)
- Nationwide Volunteers Support Local Food Pantry (3 to 6 months ago)
- First Pupils Awarded Fife Diploma of Achievement (3 to 6 months ago)
- Grandmentors Fife: Referrer Information Session (3 to 6 months ago)
- OpenLearn - Involving Volunteers (3 to 6 months ago)
- Inclusion in Volunteering – Supporting Volunteers with Hearing Loss or Deafness (3 to 6 months ago)
- Volunteers: Top 6 Risk Considerations (3 to 6 months ago)
- Power of Youth Day 2026 - YouthVIP Case Studies (3 to 6 months ago)
- “Right to Try” - An Update on Benefits and Volunteering (3 to 6 months ago)
- Anti-Racist Practice in the Third Sector- What Does Real Change Demand of All of Us? (3 to 6 months ago)
- Help Shape the Future of Volunteers’ Week (3 to 6 months ago)
- Reflections on Volunteers' Week 2026 (3 to 6 months ago)
- Community Spirit Shines Through for The Big Lunch and The Big Help Out 2026 (3 to 6 months ago)
- From "Interested" to First Shift: Fixing Where Volunteer Recruits Drop Off (3 to 6 months ago)
- How Volunteer Exit Surveys Can Improve Your Offboarding Process (3 to 6 months ago)
- HVG Events - Award Nomination Writing: Confidence-building session (3 to 6 months ago)
- Turning Hope into Action (3 to 6 months ago)
- Young Trustees Movement Champion Training (3 to 6 months ago)
- Young Trustees Movement Champion Training (3 to 6 months ago)
- Young Trustees Movement Champion Training (3 to 6 months ago)
- Young Trustees Movement Champion Training (3 to 6 months ago)
- Cancelled - PVG/Disclosure - Introductory Session (3 to 6 months ago)
- The Winners of FVA's Volunteering and Voluntary Sector Awards 2026 (3 to 6 months ago)
- Fife College Students Let Their Community Spirit Grow (3 to 6 months ago)
- FVA Staff Volunteer at Ravenscraig Walled Garden for Volunteers' Week 2026 (3 to 6 months ago)
- Volunteering and Voluntary Sector Awards 2026 - Meet the Sponsors (3 to 6 months ago)
- A Coordinator’s Guide to Welcoming Back Former Volunteers (3 to 6 months ago)
- Volunteering - A Human Rights and Equalities First Approach (3 to 6 months ago)
- Give and Rewire: Our Brains on Volunteering (3 to 6 months ago)
- Volunteer Organisers Network - Remote Volunteering (3 to 6 months ago)
- Canine Partners' Virtual Open Day (3 to 6 months ago)
- Volunteers Needed! River Park Carnival Park Stewards (3 to 6 months ago)
- PVG - Duty to Refer (3 to 6 months ago)
- Fife Volunteering Open Day (3 to 6 months ago)
- The Skills You Gain From Being a Trustee (3 to 6 months ago)
- Volunteer Scotland: Reflections on ‘Bridging the Participation Gap’ Roundtable Series (3 to 6 months ago)
- Top Tips for Inclusion, Recruiting and Supporting Disabled Volunteers (3 to 6 months ago)
- Collaborative Leadership in Voluntary Organisations (3 to 6 months ago)
- Less Than One Month to Go Until Volunteers’ Week 2026 (3 to 6 months ago)
- Health Benefits and Harms of Older Adult Volunteering (3 to 6 months ago)
- Hosts Revealed for This Year's Volunteering and Voluntary Sector Awards (3 to 6 months ago)
- Lived Experience Advisory Group (3 to 6 months ago)
- Two Fife Volunteers Shortlisted for Scottish Charity Awards 2026 (3 to 6 months ago)
- PVG - Recruitment and Duty to Refer Training (3 to 6 months ago)
- PVG - Recruitment and Duty to Refer Training (3 to 6 months ago)
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