The new report on volunteering by nfpResearch finds that:
- Volunteering has increased among under 35s – from 21% of 16–24 YOs in 2012, to 32% in 2024. The rise in youth volunteering is probably due to the following creating a volunteering habit…
- Increased emphasis in schools and universities
- Emphasis on CYP volunteering in successive governments
- Many universities providing credits for volunteering
- Volunteering is in decline among over-55s and, in particular, over-65s.This is probably due to a combination of factors which mean older people have less money and may not be able to spare the time to volunteer…
- Pension provision is getting worse, and starting later
- Covid made people re-evaluate their lives as well as left many people with longer-term health problems
- Cost-of-living crisis
- Little government policy to encourage older people to volunteer
- London has higher levels of volunteering than the rest of the UK. Some of the reasons being…
- Ethnic minorities have higher level of volunteering than white people
- Better volunteering and transport infrastructure in London