Make new friends and become a role model: why you should consider volunteering if you’re in your 20s or 30s: Inside Creative House/Shutterstock If you’re aged between 25 and 34, you’re part of the age group least likely to take part in volunteering. Only 19% of 25-34 year olds in England volunteered at least once …
People in the UK are volunteering less – it’s not surprising and could get worse: KOTOIMAGES/Shutterstock The number of people taking part in volunteering in the UK is decreasing. This is bad news, but it is not surprising. The social restrictions imposed as a result of COVID-19 do explain some of this decline. Of course, …
Online events: how to strengthen volunteering, scale up mental health provision and counter misinformation: Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most disruptive and damaging events in decades. But since December 2020, The Conversation has been playing a key role in a project that seeks to mitigate some of its harms: the International …
Why the London 2012 Olympics had limited impact on volunteering across the UK: When London was preparing to host the 2012 Olympic Games, 250,000 people signed up to volunteer as official “Games Makers”. Of these, 70,000 people were ultimately selected to wear the distinctive purple-and-red volunteer uniforms. For 40% of them, it was the first …
Volunteering, mutual aid and lockdown has shifted our sense of ‘happiness’: shutterstock Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock As lockdowns around the world ease or end, it’s clear that the coronavirus crisis has brought racial, gender and socio-economic inequalities into sharp focus. The Black Lives Matter protests suggest that a return to “business as usual” will be met with strong …