Why volunteer?
There are many reasons that people give for volunteering. For some, volunteering can be a route to employment, or a chance to try something new which may lead to a career change.
From this perspective, volunteering can be a way of:
- Gaining new skills, knowledge and experience
- Developing existing skills and knowledge
- Enhancing a CV with new skills
- Improving your employment prospects
- Gaining an accreditation/qualifications
- Building your confidence and self esteem
- Overcoming challenges
- Developing and sharing skills that equip you for life and work
- Influencing your career choices
- Gaining paid work
- Gaining recognition for your commitment
- Providing references
For others, volunteering appeals because
of its social benefits. These include:
- Meeting new people
- Making new friends
- A chance to socialise
- Working as part of a team, experiencing diversity
and integrating with the community. - Having fun!
V, the national young volunteers service, is an independent charity dedicated to helping young people volunteer in ways that matter to them. VInspired website >
Its mission is to make volunteering opportunities so diverse, compelling and easy to get involved with that giving up your time to help others becomes a natural lifestyle choice for 16-25 year olds in England.
The Active People 3 Survey indicates that nearly two million adults (1,972,700) contribute at least one hour a week to volunteering in sport.
This is 4.7% of the adult population. Much of sports volunteering consists of coaching, managing, officiating and organising events. However, you don’t have to have one of these roles in order to help the sports sector. For more information on Sports Volunteering click on the links below:
