Project title
Inspiring Futures: Volunteering for Well-being
Description of initiative
In March 2013 IWM North and Manchester Museum were successful in a new application to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to develop and deliver Inspiring Futures: Volunteering for Wellbeing (if). This unique project was delivered across ten heritage venues to collectively achieve improvement, consistency and quality in volunteering practice as a key route to transforming well-being.
Further information on the initiative
Themes: Culture and...
Community well-being
Quality of spaces and built environments
Quality of services for specific groups
Keywords
training, well-being, volunteers, heritage, unique, consistency, museum
Target group
Not targeted to a specific group
Cultural field
Heritage | Museums
Timeframe
2013
- 2017
Sources of funding
Heritage Lottery Fund
Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt
- 231 local people recruited over three years75% in receipt of a benefit allowance
- over 75% report a significant increase in well-being after a year
- almost 60% report long term sustained well-being improvement over 2-3 years
- 30% of participants gained employment or other new opportunities for getting into work