The Volunteering Action Plan aims to create a Scotland where everyone can volunteer, more often, and throughout their lives. Designed to provide actions over a 10‐year period as a living plan. It seeks to raise the profile of volunteering and its impact on society. You can access the full Volunteering Action Plan, or a useful summary, by clicking on the links below.
The Volunteering Action Plan aims to:
The Plan was developed through a co-produced effort, with working groups mapping out strategies to drive change. Volunteers are integral to delivering services across Scotland, supporting communities, and preserving cultural assets. However, their role is often taken for granted, leading to a lack of strategic focus. The Volunteering Action Plan, building on the “Volunteering for All” framework, seeks to address this gap and promote equality in volunteering.
Volunteering happens through the relationships between people, organisations, and places & spaces. Five Working Groups created a single high-level system map to inform ‘ideas for change’ and provide the basis for more detailed actions.
Action themes identified include:
By focusing on these areas, the Volunteering Action Plan seeks to unlock the full potential of volunteering in Scotland, ensuring it is inclusive, well-supported, and strategically valued.
The ‘Plan’ is co-owned and we’d like to thank individuals from stakeholder organisations, many of whom gave up their time over more than a year to contribute to the development of the plan.
Chair: Natalie Masterson, CEO, Stirlingshire Voluntary Enterprise
A management team with Volunteer Scotland driving the work and Scottish Government facilitating and supporting was established to support this process.
The following team members of Volunteer Scotland provided support relating to evidence, supporting working groups, document content and design, and website design.