Our Global Review on Volunteering report shows the environments and con- texts within which volunteering is practised are rapidly changing and how these changes are impacting volunteerism. If volunteerism is to continue to be the powerful development force that it is, if it is to continue to grow and to drive change in communities around the world and to provide an avenue for people to have a voice and active role in development processes, than it will need resourcing, research and a strong policy framework. Volunteers will need to be genuine partners in our efforts with an equal voice, and as drivers of change for vulnerable people rather than delivers of services.