Covid-19 and volunteering
Volunteering will continue to be impacted a s the Covid-19 pandemic continues. There is separate guidance on coronavirus for the four nations:
- England
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Volunteering-specific guidance for Scotland (Volunteer Scotland)
- Wales
- Volunteering-specific guidance for Wales (gov.wales)
Developing volunteer management

We are an independent membership body that supports, represents and champions people in volunteer management in the UK regardless of field, discipline or sector.
Latest news and updates
Read our latest news, and updates from our members.
- Save the date for AVM’s 2021 conference
- Build your confidence in 2021: become a mentor
- Thank you for your help in 2020
- How being a mentor gives me insight
- Why I signed up to be an AVM mentor
- Netball volunteers and a volunteer strategy: a silver lining around a very grey COVID cloud (part 2)
- Netball volunteers and a volunteer strategy: a silver lining around a very grey COVID cloud (part 1)
- Looking to the future of volunteer management in the new normal
- What’s the point of a volunteer manager?… on furlough during Volunteers’ Week
Events and training
Investing in volunteer management
Our income comes from membership fees and ticket sales which we invest back into our work directly supporting those in volunteer management.
- we have over 400 members
- our events last year welcomed over 1,500 delegates
- we are led by volunteer managers
- Support our work and join us today!