NNVIA - Evaluation of the Modernising Volunteering National Support Services Programme

The purpose of this NNVIA report is to set out the results of an in-depth evaluation undertaken on the overcoming barriers to volunteering (OBV) strand of the Modernising Volunteering National Support Services programme and covers the period from April 2008 to August 2010.

The evaluation includes the Year One research on OBV undertaken by CSV and Amber Consulting, which was conducted to gather evidence of good practice on including volunteers from socially excluded groups, survey the practice of NNVIA members in developing and implementing volunteer policies and practices that are targeted at different socially excluded groups and inform recommendations for Year Two and beyond.

It also includes all activity associated with Year Two, including the establishment and running of five Policy Action Community Teams (PACTs) which were established to develop policy and practice on removing the barriers to volunteering for different under-represented groups.