Governance
Our mission is to create a Scotland where everyone can volunteer, more often, and throughout their lives. We believe that volunteering should be an enjoyable, rewarding and fulfilling experience for every volunteer.
Our strategic outcomes are aligned to the Scottish Government ‘Volunteering for All: National Framework’. Our wide-ranging activities support the following outcomes:
- Inclusive volunteering: There are diverse, quality, and inclusive opportunities for everyone to get involved.
- Policy impact: Volunteering in all of its forms is integrated and recognised in our lives and through local and national policy.
- Community development: The places and spaces where we volunteer are developed, supported, and sustained.
- Recognition and celebration: There is an environment and culture which celebrates volunteers and volunteering and all of its benefits.
- Lifelong engagement: Volunteering participation is valued, supported, and enabled from the earliest possible age and throughout life.
Our Values
Our values guide everything we do, shaping our culture, decisions, and relationships. They reflect what we believe in and how we commit to working together to achieve our mission.
Collaborative
Working together to achieve organisational asks and goals across all departments within Volunteer Scotland.
Accountable
Taking personal responsibility for our own work, behaviour and decisions.
Respectful
Treating everyone as equals and valuing their opinions whilst recognising our differences.
Effective
Encouraging and supporting volunteer participation and its impact in Scotland through the work which we do.
Supportive
Giving consideration and encouragement to our colleagues.
Our Senior Leadership Team
Our senior leadership team, led by Alan Stevenson, CEO, work across the organisation to deliver our strategy as the National Centre for Volunteering in Scotland and manage the function areas of the organisation.
Our Board of Trustees
Our Board direct our affairs through efficient, effective and accountable governance, ensuring we are solvent, professionally-run and act in accordance with our stated aims and objectives.
Paul Okroj
Chair
Elizabeth Taylor
Vice Chair
Anne Hislop
Co-Opted Trustee
Ashleigh Kelly
Treasurer
Chris Priestley
Co-Opted Trustee
Gregor Muir
Trustee
Lorna Bryce
Co-Opted Trustee
Lynne Harrison
Trustee
Mark Armstrong
Trustee
Megan McClellan
Trustee
Rachel Killick
Co-Opted Trustee
Robert Rogerson
Trustee
Selina Ross
Trustee
Shona Benton
Trustee
Governance, Strategy & Stakeholder Insights
Volunteer Scotland 2024 AGM: The Value of Volunteering
Alan Stevenson CEO presents Volunteer Scotland’s 5 year Strategy 2025-2030
Will Watt from State of Life considers how volunteering has been valued over the last decade.
Dr David Bomark PhD Presentation ‘What We Do Together: The relationship between volunteering and other activities.