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.