York Volunteering Statistics from 2010 surveys..

Volunteering (stats from talkabout panel march 2010)

×          Half of york’s population have never volunteered

×          24% of york’s population are currently volunteering

×          Only 15% of 17-34 year olds volunteer

×          Only 17% of social enonomic group DE volunteer (compared to 29% of ABs)

×          Nearly 2/3 of volunteers do it weekly.

×          Only 5% do so once a month, and only 2% infrequently.

Motivations for volunteering (of those who already volunteer):

×          Had free time 51%

×          Saw a need 47%

×          Wanted to use skills 42%

×          Matches life-philosophy 31%

×          New way of meeting people 29%

×          Learning new skills 17%

Motivations for not volunteering:

×          No time 55%

×          Already have a caring responsibility 20%

×          Unaware of what goes on 18%

×          Those 17-34 are twice as likely to say they don’t have time compared to 55+.

How they find out about volunteering:

×          79% know about the volunteer centre

×          56% knew about York CVS

×          33% know about PSC

×          Nearly twice as many 55+ knew about York CVS compared to 17-34 year olds.