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<p>The Government recognises that volunteering is critical to a vibrant and resilient
civil society; it benefits volunteers and the organisations involving them and has
transformational impacts on beneficiaries and their communities.</p><p>As a department,
we are focused on simplifying routes into volunteering and seeking to make volunteering
more inclusive.</p><p>Through the £7.4 million Volunteering Futures Fund, volunteering
opportunities are being created to remove barriers to volunteering in arts, culture,
sports, civil society, youth and heritage sectors. Young people, people with disabilities
and those experiencing loneliness will be given the opportunity to volunteer and help
others. DCMS is investing £6.25 million in the fund, together with £1.17 million provided
by matched funders.</p><p>Our delivery partners for this programme are the Arts Council
England, NHS Charities Together and Pears Foundation. The 19 Arts Council England
funded projects will work with over 160 partners across heritage, arts, libraries,
festival, community and sport organisations to increase accessibility to volunteering.</p><p>We
are also supporting the development of the sector-led Vision for Volunteering, through
which an ambitious ten year action plan is being developed to improve the volunteer
experience. One of the five themes of the Vision is ‘Equity and Inclusion’, in recognition
of the barriers that some people face to participating in volunteering.</p>
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