Strategy Background

At the end of 2005 the Scottish Executive Department for Health asked Volunteer Development Scotland to consult with stakeholders and make proposals and recommendations on how best to take forward volunteering in the NHS in Scotland and to update previous department guidance on volunteering issued in 1998 and 2000. For more detail click on the link below.

Refreshed Strategy for Volunteering in NHS Scotland



An independent consultancy firm was commissioned by Volunteer Development Scotland to gather views and evidence from stakeholders. They consulted with senior NHS managers and with NHS Voluntary Services Managers - see Annex 1. It also consulted with Volunteer Centres (Annex 2) Voluntary Organisations involved in NHS/health (Annex 3) and with people who volunteered in the NHS (Annex 4)

Reports from the Consultation

Annex 1 - Development of a strategy for volunteering
Annex 2 - Consultation survey of Volunteer Centres
Annex 3 - Consultation survey of voluntary organisations
Annex 4 - Focus group research with volunteers



Volunteer Development Scotland complimented this work by running three consultation events - see Annexes 5,6 and 7

Volunteer Development Scotland Reports from the Consultation Events

Annex 5 - Consultation event at the National Forum on older volunteers
Annex 6 - Consultation event for members of Volunteer Development Scotland
Annex 7 - Consultation at the Asylum Seekers Conference

Volunteer Development Scotland submitted draft proposals to the Scottish Government Directorate for Health and Wellbeing on a Refreshed Strategy for Volunteering in NHS Scotland in August 2007. Click on the link below to view these proposals.

Proposals for a Strategy on Volunteering in the NHS