challenges and opportunities for volunteering

CHALLENGES, REWARD AND RISK IN VOLUNTEERINGTrends and new opportunities

NICK OCKENDEN17TH NOVEMBER 2016

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Levels of volunteering are broadly stableCitizenship and Community Life Surveys, 2001-2015/16

2001 2003 2005 2007/08

2008/09

2009/10

2010/11

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

15

20

25

30

35

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45

50

At least once a month At least once a year

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Volunteering by young people is increasingCitizenship and Community Life Surveys, 2001-2015/16

2010-11 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-1615

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

55

At least once a month At least once a year

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33% of the population

‘The idea of a ‘civic core’: what are the overlaps between charitable giving, volunteering, and civic participation in England and Wales?’ John Mohan and Sarah Bulloch (Feb 2012) Third Sector Research Centre

Volunteering in a hostile operating environment

NCVO Institute for Volunteering Researchwww.ivr.org.uk

NCVOwww.ncvo.org.uk

NCVO UK Civil Society Almanachttps://data.ncvo.org.uk/

The Road Aheadwww.ncvo.org.uk

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