Apply now for Volunteering Wales Strategic Grants

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

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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