About Us

        



As Scotland's Centre for Excellence in volunteering, Volunteer Development Scotland leads the way in informing and modernising approaches to volunteering policy, enhancing practice and improving the quality of the volunteering experience for the people of Scotland.

• Driving modernising approaches to volunteering
• Improving the access to volunteering opportunities
• Enhancing the volunteering experience
• Encouraging a balanced and proportionate response to legislation and
• Influencing policy and decision makers through a robust, evidence based approach

• Openness and honesty
• Integrity
• Accountability
• Equality and respect
• Mutuality

Our approaches will result in achieving the following outcomes:

• Volunteer involving organisations, and policy stakeholders from all sectors recognise the contribution of volunteering to their outcomes using an evidence-based approach;
• Volunteers have a better quality experience and will more easily access appropriate opportunities;
• Volunteer involving organisations, decision and policy makers will support and encourage volunteering with a balanced and proportionate response towards regulation and legislation.

The following document lists all the organisations who enjoy membership with Volunteer Development Scotland.

Download: List of VDS Member Organisations

Our approaches will result in achieving the following outcomes:

• Volunteer involving organisations, and policy stakeholders from all sectors recognise the contribution of volunteering to their outcomes using an evidence-based approach;
• Volunteers have a better quality experience and will more easily access appropriate opportunities;
• Volunteer involving organisations, decision and policy makers will support and encourage volunteering with a balanced and proportionate response towards regulation and legislation.