about reach - Special Projects
Reach works in partnership with funders across the public, corporate and grant-giving sectors to deliver a number of special programmes.
Employability Through Volunteering
Reach, with funding support from Deutsche Bank is undertaking a one year programme to help migrants, asylum seekers and refugees across London, seeking to develop their overseas career skills and experience in the voluntary sector as a stepping stone into full time, paid employment. To find out more contact Andrew Phillips, Development Director 0207 5826543.
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Changemakers
In this 3-year Big Lottery funded programme, we offer free consultancy to specially selected voluntary organisations throughout the UK. The project helps organisations that tackle disadvantage and exclusion and are facing specific challenges: problems with operational effectiveness, difficulties in achieving growth ambitions or the need to merge or work collaboratively with other voluntary organisations.
Click here to find out more.
London Communities Project
London Communities Project is an exciting new pan-London project providing extra support to small local community groups and / or black and minority ethic groups and to the volunteers who are interested in helping them.
We work closely with organisations to help them create volunteering roles which are both useful to the organisation and attractive to volunteers. We also build relationships with volunteers who are willing to support these groups to ensure that we find interesting and worthwhile roles for them.
Please contact Janet or Heena at london.communities@reach-online.org.uk
Tel: 020 7840 5681 or click here to find out more.
Reach Youth Programme
The Reach Youth Programme has been established to support organisations working with young people. This new England-wide programme will provide tailored support for organisations working with young people aged 11-25. The Programme will focus on recruitment to boards and management committees, and placement of volunteers with specific skills in an operational or strategic capacity.
If you are from an organisation working with young people wanting to recruit a skilled volunteer click here or ring
0207 5826543
North East and Cumbria
Funded by the Northern Rock Foundation, this programme is designed to improve Reach's service to small voluntary organisations throughout the North East and Cumbria. A dedicated Reach office is open in Morpeth to help develop our services across this area. To find out more, contact Kathleen Urwin, Regional Director, North East and Cumbria, on 01670 505500.
Reach Corporate Clients
Reach works closely with corporate clients to develop tailored employee volunteering schemes. With a successful track record of placing skilled professionals in a wide variety of voluntary roles, we can help set up a volunteering programme that meets the needs of your organisation and your employees.
- Achieve corporate social responsibility objectives
- Develop your employees’ skills in new areas through volunteering
- Help retired employees find new applications for valuable expertise
- Strengthen positive engagement with your local community
- Give something back
Whether you want to expand an existing volunteering programme or implement a new one, Reach’s experienced advisors can come up with a plan that suits you. Current corporate clients include Barclays Bank, Royal & Sun Alliance, BT and GlaxoSmithKline.
For more information contact Andrew Phillips, Reach Development Director,
0207 5826543.
Recently completed projects
The Better Boards Project
Better Boards was an England-wide programme to strengthen governance in local organisations. The project focused exclusively on black and minority ethnic, faith, and rural groups. Its aim was to improve leadership and management and help the trustee boards for these frontline groups function more effectively. Better Boards provided tailored trustee recruitment and placement along with mentor support.
Click here to find out more.
Reaching Out Project
Funded by Capacitybuilders, the Reaching Out programme provided advice and expertise to frontline community groups. Reaching Out worked with black and minority ethnic groups, refugee and migrant groups, faith-based organisations and isolated rural groups. Participating groups were assessed to identify their particular skill needs. Experienced Reach volunteers with matching expertise were then assigned to help.
Find out more details of the Reaching Out Project