Connecting Volunteers with Impactful Opportunities
Volunteer Coalition is volunteer-led and is dedicated to championing volunteering and strengthening the connections between volunteers and organisations.
We believe volunteering plays a vital role in building stronger, healthier, and more connected communities. Our work focuses on supporting people who want to give their time, while helping charities, community groups, and social organisations reach volunteers who care about their cause.
Our History
Volunteer Coalition grew out of frontline volunteering experience.
We began in 2020 as Borderline Support UK CIC, a peer‑support organisation working with people living with borderline personality disorder and their families. From the start, volunteers were at the heart of our work — bringing together people from across the UK to provide consistent, compassionate support.
By 2024, we were working with more than 100 dedicated volunteers, many of whom helped run the organisation day to day. Through that experience we saw the realities of volunteering up close: the time and energy it takes, the impact it creates, and the pressure volunteers can feel when the right support structures are not in place.
That period taught us something fundamental: volunteers are not just a resource. They are skilled contributors who deserve investment, clear roles and ongoing support if they are to thrive and stay involved.
As our work evolved, we made sure the people we supported could continue to access appropriate care by signposting them to local mental health and support services. At the same time, we turned our attention to a wider issue we had come to understand deeply — how volunteering itself is supported across communities and sectors.
In 2024 we paused to reflect, listen and plan how our learning could be applied more broadly. That process led to Volunteer Coalition: a community interest company dedicated to supporting, empowering and strengthening volunteering, and promoting it as a meaningful, worthwhile way to contribute to society.
Volunteer Coalition is not a change in values, but an expansion of purpose. We carry forward our experience of running a national peer‑support CIC and now focus it on making volunteering more supportive, sustainable and accessible for everyone involved.
Our Purpose
Our purpose is simple: to make volunteering stronger, more supported and more valued for both individuals and communities.
We do this by creating a trusted space where:
- Volunteers can find meaningful opportunities and feel supported at every stage of their journey
- Organisations can share well-designed roles and connect with engaged, motivated people
- Volunteering is recognised and celebrated as a powerful force for community change
What We Do
Volunteer Coalition:
- Promotes volunteering as a rewarding, accessible way for people from all backgrounds to get involved
- Offers a space for organisations to share clear, well-shaped volunteer roles
- Supports volunteers with practical resources, guidance and a sense of community
- Champions and celebrates the contribution volunteers make to society
- Encourages collaboration and shared learning across the voluntary and community sector
Our Values
Everything we do is shaped by a commitment to:
- Collaboration – working alongside volunteers, organisations and communities for greater impact
- Community – creating inclusive, supportive spaces where people feel they belong
- Respect – valuing volunteers and organisations equally, and listening to their needs
- Accessibility – making volunteering open, welcoming and realistic for different lives and circumstances
- Integrity – acting transparently, responsibly and in line with our social purpose