voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
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Building The Foundations For A More Connected Volunteering Sector
Created: 09/04/2026
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News/Events Category: Volunteering
Volunteering plays a quiet but essential role in communities across the UK. Every day, people give their time to support neighbours, respond in moments of need, and help organisations deliver services that would otherwise struggle to exist. In fact, over half the adult population contributes to their community in some way each year, according to the Community Life Survey. Yet for all this activity, the way information about volunteering opportunities is shared has not kept pace with how people expect digital services to behave. Increasingly, we assume we should be able to find, book or buy at the touch of a button.
Over recent months, the Open Data Institute has been working with partners across the volunteering system to explore whether that gap can be narrowed. The alpha phase of the work, commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and delivered by the ODI alongside Do IT and Team Kinetic, focused on a practical question - could a shared, open approach to volunteering data make it easier for people and organisations to find each other?
Click here to find out more and read the initial findings.
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