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Volunteering Pioneer

Read our latest news and views on the world of volunteering

  • Business, Corporate Volunteering, Volunteering Pioneer

What volunteering can do for social mobility

Corporate volunteering is one of the most direct ways businesses can act to help people in the community build the confidence, skills and connections that make it more likely they land a good job.
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  • Business, Corporate Volunteering, Employee Wellbeing, Engagement, Volunteering Culture, Volunteering Pioneer

Global workforce, local heart: making employee volunteering work everywhere

Running employee volunteering across borders is one of those challenges that sounds straightforward until you actually try it.
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  • Corporate Volunteering, Environment, Purpose At Work, Volunteering Pioneer

Environmental volunteering: the impact you can see, measure and be proud of

Corporate volunteering has been transformed by technology and modern programme design. But too many businesses are still running programmes built for a workforce that no longer exists.
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  • Business, Corporate Volunteering, Engagement, Purpose At Work, Volunteering Pioneer

The volunteering revolution nobody is talking about

There is a version of corporate environmental commitment that lives entirely in documents, from net zero targets and sustainability strategies through to supply chain policies. All of it important, but none of it something your employees can see, touch or feel part of.
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  • Blog, Community, Corporate Volunteering, Legacy, Social Impact, Volunteering Pioneer

Fifty Years of The King’s Trust and Why Young People Still Matter

Last Thursday our CEO and Volunteering Pioneer, Dewi Thomas, had the privilege of attending The King’s Trust 50th Anniversary Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.
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  • Corporate Volunteering, Employee Wellbeing, Mental Health, Volunteering Pioneer, Wellbeing

Why corporate volunteering may be the most overlooked wellbeing strategy in business

Businesses across the UK have invested seriously in employee wellbeing over recent years. Mental health apps, resilience workshops, mindfulness programmes, EAP schemes, awareness campaigns – the range and ambition of wellbeing provision has grown considerably, and much of it comes from a genuine desire to support people better.
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  • Business, Corporate Volunteering, Engagement, Volunteering Pioneer

Raising the standard: what it takes to make corporate volunteering work

The end of the first quarter is often a revealing moment for corporate volunteering programmes. The enthusiasm of January has settled, initial activities have begun and plans are starting to turn into reality.
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  • Corporate Volunteering, Social Impact, Volunteering Pioneer

Q1 check-in: is your corporate volunteering programme on track for real impact in 2026?

The end of the first quarter is often a revealing moment for corporate volunteering programmes. The enthusiasm of January has settled, initial activities have begun and plans are starting to turn into reality.
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  • Corporate Volunteering, Social Impact, Volunteering Pioneer

World Health Day, 7 April 2026

Each year, the World Health Organization marks World Health Day on 7 April, the day the organisation was formally established in 1948 . It’s a useful moment to reflect on what really shapes our health.
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  • Corporate Volunteering, Social Impact, Volunteering Pioneer

Why water is becoming one of the defining pressures of our time

The World Economic Forum continues to rank water scarcity among the most significant global risks, reflecting pressure from agriculture, industry and population growth...
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  • Volunteering Pioneer

Twenty years of Employee Volunteering

After twenty years of being a pioneer in the corporate volunteering sector, our Founder reflects on how things have changed.
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  • Volunteering Pioneer

UN International Year of Volunteers 2026

When we talk about business performance, conversations often start with numbers -revenue, costs, efficiency.
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