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Published : 03/02/25 | Categories: Funding | News |

The Volunteering Wales Strategic Grant scheme is now open for projects that will look long-term at volunteering and improve volunteering practices in Wales.

The aim of the Volunteering Wales Strategic Grant (VWSG) scheme is to support a small number of strategic projects to build on and learn from the new or improved approaches to volunteering across Wales.

2025-28 ROUND ONE

For this round of funding, high quality proposals are welcome from the following priority areas:

  • Health and social care
  • Education and young people
  • Environment/climate emergency
  • Arts/culture/sport
  • Welsh language/communities

GRANT OBJECTIVES

The VWSG scheme aims to unlock the strategic potential of volunteering over the longer term by:

  • Identifying the strategic need and exploring new volunteering opportunities or removing barriers to volunteering
  • Exploring partnerships within and between the voluntary, private and public sector
  • Supporting the upscaling of strategic infrastructure and volunteer organisation to embed emerging good practise
  • Undertaking thorough learning around equality and inclusion in volunteering and exploring how this impacts communities and their engagement
  • Strengthening partnerships
  • Levering further investment, both financial and non-financial

PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS

There’s a lot to learn from recipients of the Volunteering Wales Strategic Grants who have been leading pioneering projects that look long-term at volunteering and how we can unlock its potential.

Here are some examples of the projects and the resources they’ve created.

Children in Wales (CIW), and their successful Young Wales Volunteer Programme, are sharing their expertise to embed best practice within Football Association of Wales (FAW). This strategic partnership will strengthen their knowledge and understanding of effective recruitment, support and retention of Young Volunteers.

St Giles Cymru have developed and launched a practical toolkit to support employers in Wales based on previous peer led research. This will support employers to confidently extend volunteering opportunities to those with lived experience by providing a self-assessment toolkit with practical advice and guidance for employers to develop inclusive recruitment practices and removing barriers.

TO APPLY

The closing date for applicants is Friday 2 May 2025, 11.59 pm. Please read the full guidance about the scheme before applying.

If you’re interested in applying, please visit our Volunteering Wales Strategic Grant page.

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