Back in 2022, representatives from the many local Charities, Voluntary Organisations, volunteers, prospective volunteers, and the City of York Council came together to discuss what was important to them when it came to volunteering. The results of these discussions and surveys have culminated in the co-production of a new, five year, citywide volunteering strategy for York. 

 

The York Citywide Volunteering Strategy is owned by several organisations across York who involve Volunteers. Each organisation has contributed to the action plan to explain how they will implement some of the areas of work. 

 

The Keeping Digital Foundation have joined many other organisations who involve volunteers in signing the York Citwide Volunteering Pledge. The pledge shows our commitment to aspire to achieve the principles set out below, and highlights our dedication to contributing towards a thriving culture of Volunteering in York. 

 

As part of the pledge, we are working towards achieving the following principles: 

 

Many of the themes and issues are not new: we all want good quality volunteering opportunities and experiences, and good practice and volunteer involvement and this has not changed. However, what is paramount to the city now more collaboration between organisations involving volunteers; recognising that by working together we can achieve more and add value to the volunteering landscape in York. We also want to make volunteering as accessible as possible and include people from a wide range of diverse backgrounds. 

 

We look forward to working hard internally and externally to act upon the York Volunteering Pledge and ultimately make our volunteering opportunities even better. 

 

You can download and read the full York Volunteering Pledge Strategy here.