Volunteering rates are declining, but you could be helping out and not know it

Lucas Walsh

Globalization Leadership & Policy

Press/Media: Expert Comment

Description

A recent ABS survey found that volunteering rates dropped for the first time, decreasing from 36 per cent in 2010 to 31 per cent in 2014. Volunteering in Australia is mostly the domain of those with time and money to spare. So when time and money become more scarce, our organisations feel the pinch. Volunteering levels were highest amongst 15-17-year-olds, at 42 per cent, but Professor Walsh believes the real figure is likely to be larger because of lack of self-reporting and the measures used.

Period	11 Sep 2019

Media contributions

Title	Volunteering rates are declining, but you could be helping out and not know it
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	ABC Life
Media type	Web
Country	Australia
Date	11/09/19
Description	A recent ABS survey found that volunteering rates dropped for the first time, decreasing from 36 per cent in 2010 to 31 per cent in 2014. Volunteering in Australia is mostly the domain of those with time and money to spare. So when time and money become more scarce, our organisations feel the pinch. Volunteering levels were highest amongst 15-17-year-olds, at 42 per cent, but Professor Walsh believes the real figure is likely to be larger because of lack of self-reporting and the measures used.
Producer/Author	Siobhan Hegarty
URL	https://www.abc.net.au/life/you-could-be-volunteering-without-realising-it/11491462
Persons	Lucas Walsh