Hi everyone,

Conscious this does only affect some quite specific volunteer contexts but has anyone had any organisations they are supporting raise concerns re: the short deadline on this? I've had one come in, and an ask about if there is going to be anything raised to the DBS by the sector.

Regulated activity: removal of the supervision exemption (comes into force 1 September 2026) - GOV.UK

We have a resource I made about DBS checks (our outreach worker for our region also helped check it), and I'm continually doing work to help people work out eligibilities but trying to get a sense of scale/ if we might be about to run into issues locally!

Introduction to DBS checks – Voscur

Thanks all!

Sarah

I’m interested in hearing different approaches to corporate volunteering programs/services.

Could anyone share any best practices or advice on structuring such a service? How do you typically match corporate volunteers with opportunities? Is this a paid for service?

As a CVS with a new volunteering service, we are working to establish a structure that will allow us to support corporate organisations with volunteer placement opportunities.

Thankyou.