Year: 2009
Module: Volunteering
Variable: OPPVOL

If response to VOLPAST is not 'no'...

And how did you find out about the opportunity to volunteer? (Please tick all that apply)

This is a multiple response table from question 29 in the 2009 YLT survey.

 

	Number of respondents	% of respondents
From someone else already involved in volunteering	174	38
From a friend or family member	192	41
Through a church or a religious organisation	133	29
Through school	264	57
Through the Internet	40	9
Via leaflets, newspapers, TV or radio	31	7
I have used the services of the organisation in the past	62	13
Other	22	5

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Results for young men and women

	%
	Males	Females
From someone else already involved in volunteering	38	37
From a friend or family member	44	40
Through a church or a religious organisation	23	32
Through school	52	59
Through the Internet	10	8
Via leaflets, newspapers, TV or radio	8	6
I have used the services of the organisation in the past	14	13
Other	3	6

 

Results for people of different religion

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
From someone else already involved in volunteering	40	39	28
From a friend or family member	40	45	37
Through a church or a religious organisation	13	55	9
Through school	66	49	51
Through the Internet	6	10	13
Via leaflets, newspapers, TV or radio	7	7	5
I have used the services of the organisation in the past	9	17	18
Other	4	3	8

 

'Other' sources of information included:

• Asked vets if they needed help
• Community links
• Guides
• Headliners
• I do it every year (once).
• I had previously had a dog from that animal sanctuary.
• I was asked to help
• Its not real voluntary work, its just helping the people I care about.
• Local volunteering centre
• Social worker
• The organiser
• There are many different appeals from this charity throughout the year, I have always known about them.
• Through girls brigade.
• Through youth club (4 respondents).
• VSB
• Went into the shop

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