Reach Volunteering

Reach Volunteering is a leading skills-based volunteering charity in the UK, connecting people with professional skills to charitable organisations seeking expertise. They offer a free platform for volunteers to create profiles, search for opportunities, and apply for roles. Organisations can post volunteer and trustee opportunities, manage applications, and find suitable candidates. Reach also provides bespoke trustee recruitment services through TrusteeWorks, an executive search service.

Reach's mission is to inspire, support, and connect civil society organisations and volunteers to work together, sharing skills and expertise to create a better society. Their vision is a world where people come together to create a thriving, fair, and sustainable society. They are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and believe that volunteering and skills-based expertise help to build a more cohesive and impactful society.

Reach Volunteering offers flexible working arrangements for its staff, including part-time, flexi-time, compressed hours, and nine-day fortnights. The company also encourages hybrid working, with team members primarily working from home but coming together regularly for connection and collaboration. In addition, employees are eligible for up to six days of volunteering leave per annum.

Reach Volunteering offers a range of employee benefits that prioritize work-life balance and employee well-being. Employees are encouraged to work flexibly and can choose from options like part-time, flexi-time, compressed hours, or nine-day fortnights. The company embraces a hybrid work model, allowing most employees to work from home while encouraging regular in-person team gatherings. Additional benefits include 26 days of annual leave plus three bonus days at Christmas, up to six days of volunteering leave per year, and a pension contribution of 5%.

Reach Volunteering is a leading skills-based volunteering charity and the UK's largest source of trustees for the voluntary sector. They aim to create a world where people come together to create a thriving, fair and sustainable society by connecting civil society organizations and volunteers to work together, sharing skills and expertise. They provide a platform and support services to help charities recruit volunteers and trustees with the specific skills they need to thrive, while also encouraging individuals to volunteer their expertise for causes they care about.

Reach Volunteering promotes a collaborative and inclusive culture where volunteers and organizations are encouraged to respect each other’s time, expertise, and backgrounds. They value honesty, transparency, and a bold and experimental approach to problem-solving. Their commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion is evident in their recruitment practices and the resources they provide to help organizations diversify their boards.

Reach Volunteering is committed to becoming a more diverse, inclusive and equitable organisation, both within its own staff and within the wider civil society. They actively seek to increase the representation of underrepresented groups on their staff team and believe that social purpose organisations should have the culture, practices and processes to ensure their teams are representative of the communities they serve. Reach is committed to learning and being receptive to challenge as they continue on their EDI journey.