Lancashire Volunteer Partnership

What Lancashire Volunteer Partnership does

Lancashire Volunteer Partnership (LVP) is a public sector partnership organization headquartered in Preston, United Kingdom, that recruits and coordinates volunteers for public services across Lancashire and South Cumbria. It is jointly governed by Lancashire County Council (acting as lead data controller), Blackburn with Darwen Council, Blackpool Council, Lancashire Constabulary, Lancashire Fire and Rescue, the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, and East Lancashire Hospital Trust. LVP matches volunteers with placements spanning community support befriending, telephone befriending, Special Constabulary, Police Cadets, NHS vaccination marshalling, library and museum support, environmental conservation, and home fire safety checks. The organization reports supporting over 8,000 volunteers cumulatively, with 1,500+ volunteers mobilized for the NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme contributing over 100,000 hours and supporting more than 500,000 vaccinations.

The core operational platform is the Better Impact volunteer management system (MyImpactPage.com), a Canadian SaaS product used for online volunteer registration, application processing, opportunity matching, scheduling, and hour logging. All administrators undergo DBS checking or police vetting as a baseline compliance requirement. LVP operates an Employer Supported Policing Scheme with over 200 corporate partners providing paid leave for staff volunteering as Special Constables, and works alongside the Our Lancashire network and the Lancashire and South Cumbria Resilience Hub to extend its reach into community resilience and psychological support services.

LVP does not generate commercial revenue; it is funded through contributions from its public sector partner bodies under a government funding model. Volunteer opportunities are free to apply for, with expense reimbursement available for some roles. The organization is not privately owned, has no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no equity funding rounds, and is therefore not an investable entity in the conventional PE/VC sense — its value lies in its operational continuity and partner ecosystem rather than financial returns.

Name

Lancashire Volunteer Partnership

Legal name

Lancashire Volunteer Partnership

Website

https://lancsvp.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lancashire Volunteer Partnership is a UK public sector partnership that recruits and matches over 8,000 volunteers with placements across Lancashire police, fire, NHS, and local authority services, funded jointly by seven statutory partner organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Volunteer Coordination Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE)

Keywords

• Volunteer coordination services
• Public sector volunteering
• Community engagement programmes
• Special constabulary recruitment
• Befriending services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lancaster

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Sector Partnership Funding: LVP is a partnership funded by public sector bodies including Lancashire County Council, Blackburn with Darwen Council, Blackpool Council, Lancashire Constabulary, Lancashire Fire and Rescue, Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, and East Lancashire Hospital Trust. Lancashire County Council acts as the lead controller.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Lancashire Volunteer Partnership operates as a one-stop coordination platform that recruits, vets, trains, and places community volunteers with public sector organisations across Lancashire and South Cumbria. It facilitates volunteer placements in police services (Special Constabulary, Police Cadets), NHS (including Covid-19 vaccination marshal roles), fire and rescue, libraries/museums/archives, environmental projects, and community befriending programmes. The service is delivered free of charge to volunteers and is funded by contributions from multiple public sector partner organisations.

Product overview

Lancashire Volunteer Partnership (LVP) operates as a one-stop-shop volunteer coordination platform connecting public services across Lancashire with community volunteers. The organisation facilitates volunteer matching through the Better Impact platform, offering placements across police (Special Constables, Police Cadets), NHS (Vaccination Marshals), fire services, local authorities, and community befriending programmes. The core portfolio includes community support befriending services (face-to-face and telephone), COVID-19 vaccination marshal coordination, cultural institution volunteering (libraries, museums, archives), environmental initiatives, and specialised support services including the Home Library Service and Home Fire Safety Check programme. LVP serves as a partnership organisation bringing together Lancashire County Council, Blackburn with Darwen Council, Blackpool Council, Lancashire Constabulary, Lancashire Fire and Rescue, the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, and East Lancashire Hospital Trust.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Volunteer Matching and Placement Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Supported over 8,000 volunteers across Lancashire
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered strategic, core and minor.

• Lancashire and South Cumbria Resilience HubstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021NHS-supported resilience hub created during pandemic to help support public sector workers psychologically affected by Covid-19. Includes volunteers and their immediate family members.
• NHS Lancashire and South CumbriacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2020LVP was asked by NHS to lead on providing volunteer marshals for the Covid-19 Vaccination Programme across Lancashire and South Cumbria. Supports 7 mass vaccination sites, 25 PCN local vaccination services, and pharmacy services.
• Lancashire County CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead data controller for LVP. Lancashire County Council coordinates the partnership and provides primary administrative support for volunteer operations.
• Lancashire ConstabularycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolice partner providing Special Constabulary, Police Cadet, and Volunteer Officer opportunities. Police HQ in Hutton, Preston serves as an operations base.
• Lancashire Fire and RescuecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFire service partner organization within the LVP joint data controller arrangement.
• East Lancashire Hospital TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNHS hospital trust partner within the LVP joint data controller arrangement for healthcare volunteering.
• Blackburn with Darwen CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnitary authority partner within LVP partnership arrangement.
• Blackpool CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnitary authority partner within LVP partnership arrangement.
• Office of the Police and Crime CommissionercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolice and Crime Commissioner office partner within LVP joint data controller arrangement.
• Better ImpactcoreTechnology or IntegrationSoftware platform provider for volunteer management system. Data is processed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. All volunteer applications processed through this system.
• Our LancashirestrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerEstablished with support from Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner to join local communities and support people in need. Works alongside LVP during public health emergencies to provide joined-up Lancashire-wide support network.
• Employer Supported Policing Scheme PartnersstrategicChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOver 200 companies signed up to the Employer Supported Policing Scheme providing staff with agreed paid leave to support police volunteering as Special Constables.
• HelpforceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNational charity promoting volunteering in health and social care. LVP volunteers featured on Helpforce's Wall of Fame for national recognition.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Helpforce: National charity promoting volunteering in health and social care, with which LVP is directly partnered via the Wall of Fame programme. Helpforce operates in the same volunteering-in-health-services category as LVP and is its most cited external collaborator.
• Reach Volunteering: UK charity connecting skilled professionals with trustee and volunteering roles in the voluntary sector. Operates in the same volunteer-matching space as LVP but focuses on board-level/skills-based placements.
• Do-it (UK Volunteering Database): UK-wide online database for volunteer opportunities, comparable to LVP's Better Impact portal in functionality but serving a national rather than council-area audience.

Others

• Better Impact: The third-party volunteer-management SaaS vendor whose platform LVP runs on. Included as an enabling/ecosystem peer rather than a competitor — illustrates the technology layer any LVP-style regional partnership depends on.

Regional players

• Community First Yorkshire: Regional infrastructure body supporting volunteering and community organisations across Yorkshire — comparable model to LVP but serving a different UK region and without LVP's depth in police/NHS specialisation.

Broad incumbents

• NCVO (National Council for Voluntary Organisations): Umbrella membership body for UK charities and volunteer-involving organisations. Comparable as the sector-level steward supporting organisations like LVP with policy, infrastructure, and advocacy.
• Locality: UK membership network for community-led organisations and social enterprises, comparable in supporting community-sector volunteering infrastructure across multiple regions.
• Royal Voluntary Service: National NHS-aligned volunteer charity running hospital and community volunteer programmes. Comparable to LVP's NHS vaccination marshal and befriending work but with national reach and a longer heritage.
• Volunteering Matters: Long-established UK-wide charity running structured volunteer programmes across health, community, and youth segments — directly comparable mission to LVP but operating nationally rather than regionally.

Emerging players

• Age UK: National charity whose befriending services for older people directly overlap with LVP's Community Support and Telephone Befriending products, though delivered at scale nationally through Age UK's local branches.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LancashireVP
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCQ_X_xJlR9c6gJZgK4c7bDQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/lancsvp
• Instagraminstagram.com/lancashirevolunteerpartnership
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/our-lancashire

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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