Dominic Pinkney's World of Volunteering
Insights, confessions, challenges and celebrations of the volunteer world
I won’t beat about the bush, the Social Return on Investment (SROI) case for the NHS investing in volunteering is huge. Any NHS Neighbourhood or system that is serious about prevention or social isolation, to name just two examples, should be investing in volunteering, for two compelling reasons:1) the returns are massive, long-term and sustainable2) …
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Since May last year I have led the ‘London Vision for Volunteering‘ programme and in March 2025 we launched the final report and its 36 recommendations. I am so proud of this work. Not just because I think it has produced some great recommendations that act as a blueprint for developing volunteering across the capital, …
I am pleased to report on the success of a new innovation for 2020, a Volunteer Managers’ Café, that started before Covid-19 and has carried on through the crisis and is becoming more important during the recovery phase and beyond. At Volunteer Centre Camden we have a dedicated service to support best practice volunteer management …
Dominic Pinkney's World of Volunteering