Title page
Contents
Introduction 2
Chapter 1: Participation in volunteering 4
1.1. Participation in formal and informal volunteering 4
1.2. Volunteering in DCMS sectors by age 5
1.3. Volunteering in DCMS sectors by gender 6
Chapter 2: Motivators to volunteering 7
2.1. Reasons for formal volunteering 7
2.2. Volunteering to meet people or to make friends 8
2.3. Volunteering connected to the needs of family and friends 9
Chapter 3: Barriers to volunteering 10
3.1. Barriers to volunteering 10
3.2. Work and home commitments 10
3.3. Barriers to volunteering: the use of spare time 11
Conclusions 13
Annex A: Background to the Community Life Survey 14
Annex B: Background to the Taking Part Survey 15
Figure 1.1. Participation in formal and informal volunteering at least once in the past 12 months, split by age and gender 4
Figure 1.2. Percentage of volunteers who volunteered in DCMS sectors by age, 2017-18 5
Figure 1.3. Volunteers in DCMS sectors by gender, 2017-18 6
Figure 2.1. Reasons for formal volunteering among adults (16+) 7
Figure 2.2. Reasons for formal volunteering: 'I wanted to meet people/make friends' 8
Figure 2.3. Reasons for volunteering: 'It was connected with the needs of my family/friends' 9
Figure 3.1. Reasons for not volunteering formally or for not volunteering formally more frequently among adults (16+) 10
Figure 3.2. Barriers to volunteering: 'I have work commitments' and 'I have to look after children/the home' 11
Figure 3.3/Figure 3.2. Barriers to volunteering: 'I do other things in my spare time' 12