1 / 16

Volunteering and intergenerational solidarity

This Eurobarometer study conducted face-to-face surveys in 27 EU Member States to explore volunteering activities, benefits, social cohesion, and intergenerational solidarity, with a focus on active ageing. The survey gathered insights on volunteer organizations, local rescue teams, and diverse perspectives on volunteering frameworks within the European Union.

michaelwebb
Download Presentation

Volunteering and intergenerational solidarity

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Volunteering and intergenerational solidarity June 2011

  2. Methodology

  3. Methodology Special Eurobarometer • Survey conducted face-to-face in the respondent’s home • Fieldwork: mid-April – beginning of May 2011 • Population: representative sample of population 15+ • Coverage: European Union, 27 Member States • Number of interviews: 26,825 3

  4. Agenda

  5. Agenda Volunteering within the European Union Active ageing and intergenerational solidarity in the EU 5

  6. A. Volunteering within the European Union

  7. 1.1 A quarter of Europeans have a voluntary activity Total ‘Yes’ : 24% 7

  8. 1.2 Volunteering benefits in the European Union: social cohesion cited by a third of Europeans 8

  9. 1.3 Volunteering as a vector of a certain European social model NB : this graphic only shows the items mentioned by more than 10% of respondents 9

  10. 1.4 In which types of organisations or associations do Europeans carry out their voluntary activities? * NB : this graphic only shows the items mentioned by more than 10% of respondents with a volunteering activity (24% of total sample) 10

  11. 1.5 Usefulness of local volunteer rescue teams QA14 The European Parliament would like each Member State of the EU and the local and regional authorities to create, in each region, rescue teams of volunteer workers to face natural disasters and accidents. Do you think that such a measure would be…? 3% 2% 11

  12. 1.6 Europeans are divided on how to define the framework and the way volunteering works 12

  13. 1.6 Definition of the framework and the way volunteering works: different responses from volunteers and non-volunteers 13

  14. B. Active ageing and intergenerational solidarity in the EU

  15. 2.1 Different measures for reinforcing intergenerational solidarity perceived as efficient 83% 13% 59% 37% 89% 9% 15

  16. Thank you

More Related