Volunteering Matters
| Founded | April 23, 1962 |
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| Founder | Alec Dickson |
| Purpose | Volunteering and social action |
| Location | |
Area served | England, Scotland and Wales |
| Website | www.volunteeringmatters.org.uk |
Formerly called | Community Service Volunteers (CSV) |
Volunteering Matters is a UK charity focused on "the advancement of citizenship and community development for the public benefit through the promotion of volunteering". It was founded in 1962 as Community Service Volunteers (CSV) by Mora and Alec Dickson. In the 2018/2019 financial year, Volunteering Matters engaged around 20,000 volunteers through its hundreds of voluntary projects across England, Scotland and Wales.
As of 2021, the president of Volunteering Matters is Lord Freud. He succeeded Lord Levy, who had been President from 1999, in 2019. The charity is led by a Trustee Board headed by Anne Heal. Its Chief Executive since 2024 is Amanda Naylor OBE.