Due to recent government decisions around spending, we no longer have any certainty around continued funding from the UK government for our vital work. VSO has been a partner with the UK government for over 60 years. We do not want to see this end.
Find your MP
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We need you – and every supporter - to email your MP and urge them to write to the Minister for International Development, Baroness Chapman of Darlington.
Write to your MP now. Put into your own words your concerns on these funding cuts and your own personal experiences, stories, values, or reasons for supporting VSO, volunteering, and development. Remind them of the deep and historic relationship VSO and the UK have had.
Ask them to share your concerns and how vital it is the government continues to support VSO and volunteering for development. We’ve given you some suggested copy linked below which you can take and adapt.
Let us know if you've emailed your MP
Let us know if you've emailed your MP
This can help us put further pressure on the government. We have a critical six-week window to influence government spending and their support for volunteering. Please act now.
Stories of impact
Keeping our commitments to communities, including women waste pickers
VSO’s funding has been reducing for a number of years, but now we are facing unprecedented pressures. In solidarity and with hope, your support means VSO can be there for more women waste pickers like Beth.
The two volunteers empowering girls and young women in Mozambique
Nelma and Carmirene and are two volunteers working on VSO's EAGLE project in Mozambique. For Nelma and Carmirene, education is not just about school, it is about meeting people where they are and using the right tools to challenging harmful norms. Here are their stories.
Meet Faridah, the teacher trainer making a difference in a Ugandan refugee settlement
Faridah volunteers on VSO's early childhood education project working in the BidiBidi refugee settlement in Uganda, as a teacher educator. Learn more about her volunteer journey.