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Volunteering Survey Results

  • 01-05-2012 2:31pm
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    star gazer
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    From Volunteer.ie:
    The research also found that the most common reasons for people to volunteer were to:

    - Help people (65%)
    - Contribute to the community (60%)
    - Add experience to CV (37%)
    - Keep active (33%)
    - Occupy spare time (30%)
    - Develop contacts (24%) and
    - Find work through volunteering (24%).
    People want to help.
    Younger people tended to volunteer to improve their employability while older people wanted to keep socially active.
    Research carried out by Volunteer Ireland in advance of National Volunteering Week (NVW) has found that being involved in volunteering makes people happier. The research was carried out on more than 500 active volunteers across the country with 98% responding that ‘volunteering makes them a happier person’.
    While there will be may be some who don't find a position which they enjoy and everyone will have moments they don't enjoy it is important to see that volunteering helps makes people happier.


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