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Who we work with: organisations

A wide variety of different organisations use Reach to recruit trustees and skills-based volunteers. Our figures show an sharp increase in the number of smaller organisations over the last five years.

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About Reach
> Recruiting trustees
> Building capacity
> Growing participation
Our vision and values
Our impact
Our equity, diversity and inclusion journey
Our response to the climate crisis
Meet the team
Our trustees

The interactive charts below have been compiled from data collected about the organisations we worked with in 2025.

See data about our volunteers.

Size and scope of organisiations
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Growth of volunteer run groups
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Roles posted by organisation turnover
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Hear from some of the organisations we work with

Adding capacity, confidence and direction

Through Reach, Babylon Migrants Project - a grassroots arts organisation led by and for young people aged 16-30 from refugee and migrant backgrounds - found not just volunteers but strategic partners...

Bringing biodiversity to overlooked spaces

As Solas for Nature moved from early idea to growth stage, it needed more than passion for biodiversity - it needed the right skills, structure, and support to build something sustainable. Through...

A YourStory mentor working with a young person to make a raised flower bed.

How 'human' recruitment helped strengthen a small charity

Through Reach, YourStory has recruited a number of trustees and skills-based volunteers. Being able to see people's profiles helped build a picture about how they might fit with the charity and...

News and comment from Reach

Volunteering is thriving - Just not where you’ve been looking

If volunteering is really in crisis, why are so many volunteer-led organisations flourishing?

Graph showing increase in volunteer numbers on Reach

Motivations for volunteering: Exploring the rise in volunteering at Reach

Here at Reach we’ve seen a sustained rise in volunteering numbers over recent years – in fact it’s grown nearly four fold since the pandemic. At the same time, the number of people taking up...

Graph showing increase in small organisations on Reach

In these turbulent times, what gives you hope?

Like many people, I am apt to doomscroll through the overwhelming flood of horrifying and scary news. But I am fortunate that my day job, leading Reach Volunteering, keeps me in daily contact with a...