Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 2

Accounts overdue -5
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -3

VOLUNTEER NOW

The Objects of the Charity are: To advance citizenship or community development for the public benefit by promoting and supporting volunteering and in furtherance of that Object: To promote, inform and raise awareness of volunteering; To support and enable people through active citizenship, to contribute to issues which affect their lives and the communities in which they live; To facilitate and improve the participation by groups and individuals who tend to be under represented through the encouragement of voluntary activity; To develop innovative models and projects that enable individuals to become involved in the community at local, regional and international level; To promote volunteer opportunities and link individuals who want to volunteer with these opportunities; To provide guidance, information training and support to organisations to develop capacity, skills and good practice in relation to the involvement and management of volunteers; To provide evidence by conducting research to, sustain and develop volunteer involvement and active citizenship, build capacity and improve effectiveness and efficiency of voluntary organisations, identify emerging needs in relation to volunteers and volunteering; inform the development of volunteering locally, nationally and internationally; To raise, receive and manage funds to provide grants to support and develop volunteer involvement and active citizenship; To collaborate with others to promote, enhance and increase volunteering; To work with organisations across the UK, Ireland and internationally to source information, develop practice and knowledge to enhance volunteering and civic participation. Such other exclusively charitable purposes according to the law of Northern Ireland for the benefit of the public as the Trustees may from time to time decide.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

Latest accounts are overdue for filing

Established: 9 years

www.volunteernow.co.uk

info@volunteernow.co.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Year end	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Income	£1,482,168	£1,515,856	£1,631,393	£1,592,722	£1,535,532	£1,475,157
Spending	£1,480,150	£1,449,039	£1,537,927	£1,414,855	£1,393,748	£1,439,022
Surplus/deficit	£2,018	£66,817	£93,466	£177,867	£141,784	£36,135

Listed activities

The advancement of citizenship or community development

How it operates

Advice/advocacy/information, Community development, Community transport, Education/training, Volunteer development, Youth development

Where it operates

Northern Ireland

This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Who it helps

Children (5-13 year olds), General public, Older people, Voluntary and community sector, Volunteers, Youth (14-25 year olds)

Who works here?

33 employees
750 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Volunteering Support
£17,350	09/03/2021	Towards the volunteer training programme, one to one health checks and revision of Volunteer Handbook.
Dunhill Medical Trust - Volunteer Social Prescribing Pilot
£89,566	07/09/2016 24	The key objective of this project is to combat social isolation among many older patients presenting to GPs through a social presribing model with advice, information and support offered by ....more The key objective of this project is to combat social isolation among many older patients presenting to GPs through a social presribing model with advice, information and support offered by volunteers in 3 GP practices in East Belfast

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Further information may be available on the charity's page on the Commission website here

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Northern Ireland on 23/04/2015, number: NIC101309

Main office

Volunteer Now, Skainos Centre, 239 Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 1AF

Data Sources