Volunteering in Big Local: Scoping paper

This is a scoping paper designed to understand what we know about volunteers outside of the partnership so that Local Trust can identify potential areas of research around this topic. Answering these questions around volunteering will build our evidence base of the legacy of Big Local and how the programme will leave behind a network of committed volunteers across 150 communities. It also will strengthen our understanding of how Big Local has built resourcefulness to face crises.

A version of this paper was published internally by Local Trust in May 2021 as part of our Local Trust research papers series. This version has been lightly edited to make it accessible for a general audience, with core terms and concepts explained wherever possible.