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Key facts on volunteering.
(From Guardian Unlimited)
Who, what and where
According to the Home Office Citizenship Survey 2003:
- around 18.8 million people were engaged in active community participation (civic participation, informal & formal volunteering) in 2001, compared to 20.3 million in 2003, a rise of more than one and a half million;
- people who volunteered informally - ie helping someone not a relative - at least once a month were most likely to be involved: giving advice to someone (50%), looking after property or a pet for someone who was away (36%), transporting or escorting someone (36%), babysitting (33%), keeping in touch with someone (33%), doing shopping, collecting pension or paying bills (29%);
- younger people aged 16-24, were more likely to be involved in informal volunteering than any other age group;
- 11.1 million people volunteered formally at least once a month. They were most likely to be involved in: organising or helping to run an activity or event (57%), raising or handling money (54%), leading a group/being a member of a committee (40%), giving other practical help (32%);
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