Grow with the Standard
No matter the size of your organisation, the Standard aims to help volunteer-involving organisations strengthen the impact of their work.
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Welcome to the Global Volunteering Standard
Your organisation’s journey to more impactful and responsible volunteering starts here.
The Global Volunteering Standard is a practical framework for organisations working in the volunteering in development sector. It provides guidance and principles to support organisations in strengthening their practices and working towards continuous learning and improvement.
The Global Volunteering Standard
Access the Standard, a comprehensive framework of good practice for volunteer involving organisations developed by the volunteering sector, for the volunteering sector. The Standard can be downloaded in a variety of languages.
Stories from the Global Volunteering Standard
Read stories of change from organisations that have implemented the Standard and the transformative results they’ve achieved.
Why you should use the Standard:
Learn from your sector
The Global Volunteering Standard is the result of a collaborative global effort based on the expertise and wisdom of hundreds of people and organisations across the volunteering in development sector and beyond.
Now in Version 3
We have launched version 3 of the Global Volunteering Standard, and we are working to update the self-assessment tool and other resources to bring them up to date with the new version.
Your organisation’s journey to more impactful and responsible volunteering starts here.
Trusted by:
This project was funded with UK aid from the UK government and with aid from the Government of Canada.
