Volunteering

VAR has recently taken on the volunteer signposting role for the voluntary and community sector in Rutland. As part of this support, we are providing a website with all the county’s volunteering opportunities brought together in one place.  Here you will be able to find volunteering opportunities for dozens of Rutland’s voluntary organisations including VAR.

A collaborative steering group representing the VC Sector in the county and working with Change Agents UK have published a strategy setting out the key priorities for the voluntary and community sector in Rutland for the next four years (to 2028)

A 2023 Report produced by Citizen’s Advice Rutland to highlight the effect of the cost of living crisis on Rutland residents in order to influence the local response to the crisis and improve the services available locally in order to better support our community.

This document, a supplement to the Rutland Voluntary and Community Sector Strategy 2024-2028,  provides a statistics-based overview of Rutland and its people. It highlights issues that may be pertinent to the Voluntary and Community Sector and its services.

Explore the key insights from the Rutland Voluntary Sector Survey, where 171 community and voluntary groups actively participated. The condensed summary offers an overview of the survey's main findings, providing a glimpse into the collective feedback and the survey's essential messages.