News and blogs

Here you'll find the latest updates and comment from the Reach team. 
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How Reach's unique service supports purposeful connections

Holly, our Head of Service and Operations, discusses why Reach is more than just a volunteer jobs board and explores what makes it so successful.
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Hope is within reach

We are living through very turbulent, polarised times, and fear and hatred are on the rise. But here at Reach we see people taking action every day to make society better.
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New figures show charities creating more roles for skills-based volunteers

New figures from Reach Volunteering show an increase in charities actively creating roles for skills-based volunteers, pointing to growing confidence in professionals volunteering their skills as an...
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Reflections on 10 years of the digital Reach platform

It's 10 years since Reach launched its first digital volunteering platform. During that time Reach has established itself as the UK's leading skills-based volunteering charity and the single biggest...
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Ten years on: Reach's new volunteering platform

A decade after launching our online service connecting people, skills and good causes, we’ve launched a new version of our platform. How are we still here, why does it matter and where are we heading...
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Volunteering is thriving - Just not where you’ve been looking

If volunteering is really in crisis, why are so many volunteer-led organisations flourishing?
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Welcome to the new Reach platform - here’s what’s new

Our Head of Digital Kit gives an introduction to our new platform and explores how things have changed.
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Forget payment - open recruitment is the answer to increasing trustee diversity

It is really troubling that trustee diversity is no better than it was in 2017. Many people are jumping to the conclusion that we should pay trustees. This would only compound the problem. Here’s why.
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