Go Kingston Volunteering (GKV) exists to promote and develop volunteering throughout the Royal Borough of Kingston and deliver the 6 core functions of a Volunteer Centre.

• Brokerage – recruiting potential volunteers and signposting them to appropriate volunteering opportunities.
• Marketing Volunteering – innovative events like “Speed Matching”
• Good Practice development – supporting organisations to manage their volunteers
• Developing volunteering opportunities – identifying new volunteering opportunities within the sector
• Policy response and campaigning
• Strategic development of volunteering – new volunteering development project

Our Projects and team

Each of our projects is lead by a specialist advisor.

Buddy Scheme – Befriending project for adults with learning disabilities

Good Sports – to assist sports clubs in recruiting volunteers

Crisis Response Team – set up to support the Borough in the event of a major incident 

Good Practice Project – providing best practice in volunteer management 

Go Kingston Volunteering recently achieved Investors in Volunteers, a quality mark that recognises excellence in Volunteer Management.