Abstract
A rapid evidence review from the Institute for Community Studies, commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to explore young people’s experiences of, and attitudes to, volunteering.
Volunteering Journeys examines how young people perceive and experience the UK’s current volunteering ‘offer’, and how it could be reshaped to strengthen and sustain their life-long participation. The project is rooted in a shared belief that young people’s emergent civic power, through volunteering, can inspire longterm engagement in social action, innovation, and entrepreneurship across all life stages. It aims to enhance how place-specific support structures might be better connected to broaden volunteering opportunities for all during youth transitions to adulthood.