National Volunteering Resources
Time Well Spent
Time Well Spent is a major new report into the volunteering experience published by NCVO in January 2019. It is the result of a national survey carried out through YouGov's panel (10,000+ respondents).
The survey focuses on volunteering through groups, clubs and organisations and includes data on recent volunteers, but also lapsed volunteers and non-volunteers.
https://www.creategloucestershire.co.uk/s/NCVO-Time-Well-Spent-Volunteer-experience_Summary.pdf
Volunteering in the arts
These toolkits have been produced to support small and medium-sized arts groups who struggle to improve the support they offer volunteers. The toolkits includes:
ideas, suggestions and recommendations
a range of checklists for those new to working with volunteers
a range of case studies to celebrate what is already happening across the sector
links to further information
https://www.creategloucestershire.co.uk/s/Volunteering-in-the-Arts-toolkit-FINAL.pdf
Youth Social Action
Volunteering for Wellbeing
Good practice guides and templates in recruitment, volunteer policies, agreements, training etc.
NCVO 100 - Institute for Volunteering Research
Data and statistics.
Research conference.
Reports – understanding participation and volunteering, volunteer management, micro volunteering, measuring and assessing volunteering
Centre for Ageing Better
Age Friendly and Inclusive volunteering: Review of community contributions in later life.
https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/publications/age-friendly-inclusive-volunteering
2019-20 Community Life Survey Results published
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has published the results of the 2019-20 Community Life Survey, held annually to track trends and developments in areas that encourage social action and empower communities. The survey ran from April 2019 to March 2020.
The report found that for adults (16+) in England during 2019/20:
23% took part in formal volunteering at least once a month.
37% took part in formal volunteering at least once in the last year.
75% gave to charitable causes in the last 4 weeks, £24 was the average donation given.
27% felt able to influence decisions affecting their local area.
53% wanted to be more involved in local decision making.
You can read more here.
Information from the Office of the Civil Society