Who volunteers?
Who volunteers?
What is volunteering?
“any activity that involves spending time,
unpaid, doing something that aims to
benefit the environment or someone
(individuals or groups) other than, or in
addition to, close relatives”
Who volunteers?
1. What percentage of people in the UK volunteer formally (with an
organisation)?
a. 24%
b. 39%
c. 65%
2. How much do volunteers contribute to the UK economy?
a. £11.6bn
b. £17.2bn
c. £22.7bn
3. Did the average number of hours spent volunteering increase or decrease
between 1997 and 2007?
4. Who volunteers more – men or women?
5. Which age group is most likely to volunteer?
a. 20-34 year olds
b. 35-49 year olds
c. 50-65 year olds
Who volunteers?
1.What percentage of people in the UK
volunteer formally (with an organisation)?
a.24%
b.39%
c.65%
Who volunteers?
1.What percentage of people in the UK
volunteer formally – with an organisation?
a.24%
b.39%
c.65%
Who volunteers?
2. How much do volunteers contribute to the
UK economy?
a.£11.6bn
b.£17.2bn
c.£22.7bn
Who volunteers?
2. How much do volunteers contribute to the
UK economy?
a.£11.6bn
b.£17.2bn
c.£22.7bn
Who volunteers?
3. Did the average number of hours spent
volunteering increase or decrease between
1997 and 2007?
Who volunteers?
3. Did the average number of hours spent
volunteering increase or decrease between
1997 and 2007?
• by 30%
Who volunteers?
4. Who volunteers more – men or women?
Who volunteers?
4. Who volunteers more – men or women?
Who volunteers?
5. Which age group is most likely to
volunteer?
a.20-34 year olds
b.35-49 year olds
c.50-65 year olds
Who volunteers?
5. Which age group is most likely to
volunteer?
a.20-34 year olds
b.35-49 year olds
c.50-65 year olds
Who volunteers?
Citizenship Survey
Department of Communities and Local Government
• April 2010-March 2011
• 10,000 adults in England and Wales
Who volunteers?
Regular = at least once a month
Non-regular = at least once in the past year
•Regular formal
•Non-regular formal
•Regular informal
•Non-regular informal
25%
39%
29%
55%
Who volunteers?
Volunteering in the EU
• February 2011
• “around 22% to 23% of Europeans
aged over 15 years are engaged in
voluntary activities”
Who volunteers?
Student volunteers: a national profile
by Clare Holdsworth
commissioned by the Institute for Volunteering Research
• 2006 applicants
• surveyed summer and autumn 2007
• full time undergraduates
• 33,303 respondents
Who volunteers?
• 15.3% volunteered formally
• highest rates among students studying
• medicine
• dentistry
• social sciences
• more volunteers at higher ranked institutions
• higher among some minority groups
• ethnic minorities
• disabled
• carers
• sex and socio-economic background made little difference
• working during term time had little impact
Who volunteers?
Bursting the Bubble: Students,
volunteering and the community
Institute for Volunteering Research
• November 2010
• 63 per cent of students have taken part
in formal volunteering since starting
university
Who volunteers?
Is this volunteering?
• elected student officer
• course rep
• sports club or society officer
• trustee
• sports coach
• governor
Who volunteers?
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