Although there is a growing body of research on volunteering both within and beyond sporting contexts (Davis-Smith et al., 2002; Deane et al., 2010), the impact of formal youth volunteer programmes (YVPs) is not well documented. Existing research findings hint at the exclusivity of volunteer activity, indicating that young people from minority communities and poorer socioeconomic backgrounds are least visible in volunteering contexts (Adams and Deane, 2009; CASE, 2011). This chapter seeks to broaden debates in this area by exploring the volunteering experiences of a group of marginalised young men in the English West Midlands. It stems from 24 months of data collection into the delivery and operationalisation of a YVP which, since 2010, has been working to attract a ‘new generation’ of youth volunteers. Conceptually, this ‘new generation’ was to include young people (aged 14-19) from ‘diverse socio-cultural backgrounds’ as well as those experiencing ‘various dimensions of social exclusion’ (NatCen, 2010: 1-3). Findings depict how these increasingly stigmatised, marginalised and/or socially excluded young men perceived and engaged in volunteering. Hence, the discussion adds to the evidence base about youth volunteering, whilst considering the impact (both personal and social) that such engagement might on have those concerned. With these issues at its core, the chapter dovetails well with broader social and political agendas surrounding the mobilisation of marginalised youth (Hill and Russell, 2009; NatCen, 2010).