Our mission is to inspire more people to volunteer so they can enhance their lives, the lives of others and build resiliant communities.

Our Values:Everyone has the right to offer their time to volunteer.Every volunteer has the right to have a great volunteering experience.Volunteering is always a matter of free choice.Volunteers must never be a direct replacement for paid workers.True volunteering is for the benefit of the social community, the individual and Volunteer Involving Organisations.We believe that involving volunteers enhances organisations.

Our Strategic Outcomes (or...what we aim to do to meet our mission):We inspire and enable people to volunteer.We ensure that every volunteer involving organisation is able to offer an excellent volunteering experience.Using our expert knowledge we inform, educate and inspire our leaders on the benefits of volunteering for Edinburgh and its citizens.