Formation 1979 Registration no. 278837 | Type Charity Region served UK | |
Purpose Connecting skilled volunteers and charities Location 89 Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London, SE1 7TP | ||
Reach is a charity matching volunteers with skills and charities in the UK.
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About the Charity
Reach is the leading skills-based volunteering charity in the UK. It is also the single biggest source of trustees for the voluntary sector. In 2016, Reach placed just under 1,000 people in roles in charities where they use their professional skills in areas like Finance, Marketing, HR, IT, Digital and more. Reach's service is online and self-service. Charities can upload a role and volunteers upload their details - the two can then find each other. The Reach process asks charities and volunteers to complete some detailed information upfront - this enables more and better placements to be made.
Reach’s volunteers
Reach’s volunteers come with a wide range of skills in areas such as finance, IT, training, social media and marketing, HR, strategic planning, the law and project management. They have at least three years' work experience, with the majority having much more. People are accepted whether in full or part-time work, on a career break, or retired.
They use these skills for the benefit of voluntary organisations. They also enjoy personal benefits from volunteering such as broadening their CV, sector experience, re-entering the workplace after a career break, keeping their CV current during periods of unemployment as well as the satisfaction of making a difference to a voluntary organisation.
Reach is a volunteer-involving organisation itself and has some 20 skilled volunteers.
The charities Reach supports
Reach supports a wide range of voluntary organisations from the very biggest such as The Prince's Trust and Oxfam through to small local and community organisations. Reach helps organisations across all sectors of the industry from the arts, sport, children, the environment, health, refugees and animals and well as many ‘second tier’ organisations.
TrusteeWorks
Reach has a dedicated trustee search service called TrusteeWorks, providing free and paid for services.