Community Service Volunteers (CSV), the UK's largest volunteering organisation, together with partners that included Barnardo's, the RSPCA and environmental charity BTCV, led more than 1,000 events driven by a themed monthly calendar.
Themes included volunteering by young and older people and those with disabilities.
Widespread support
Thousands of new volunteers got involved - Make a Difference Day in October alone attracted more than 100,000 - and events were supported by VIPs including the Queen, who visited a Millennium Volunteers project in London.
In addition, 2005 volunteers were presented with special awards, produced by the Royal Mint.
Dame Elisabeth Hoodless, executive director of CSV, is happy with the results: "Overall the year has exceeded our most optimistic ambitions in terms of new opportunities, improved access for volunteers and the extraordinary levels of media exposure."
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