Wolfgang Glatz

in Middlesbrough, Ljubljana and Graz

Conference8.-9. März 2012Graz

Survey results

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The survey

Volunteer work

Structures

Need for action

Perspectives

442 Questionaires from volunteers

UK: 14 persons „migrant“ and

currently unemployed

Slo: 32 persons „No migrant“ and full time

student

At: 27 persons „No migrant“ and pensioner

Chart 1: Volunteers: Migration Background and Gender

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The survey

Volunteer work

Structures

Need for action

Perspectives

64 Questionnaires from organisations

UK: 16 organisations in

the field „Education“

Slo: 10 organisations in the field „Social

and Health“

At: 20 organisations in the field „Social

and HealthChart 2: Organisations: Migrants as volunteers

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Volunteer work

Structures

Need for action

Perspectives

Chart 3: Volunteers: Approaches to volunteering

Expectations and approaches

UK: 40% said „Volunteering is

socially expected“

At: 25% said „Volunteering is

socially expected“

Slo: 28% said „Volunteering is

socially expected“

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Volunteer work

Structures

Need for action

Perspectives

Chart 4: Volunteers: Motives for volunteering

Motives

UK: 70% agreed „Volunteering

helped develop job related skills“

At: 40% agreed „Volunteering

helped develop job related skills“

Slo: 75% agreed „Volunteering

helped develop job related skills“

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Structures

Need for action

Perspectives

UK: 100% organisations said

„There are guidelines for expenses“ 33% volunteers know

about it

At: 54% organisations said

„There are guidelines for expenses“ 34% volunteers know

about it

Slo: 86% organisations said

„There are guidelines for expenses“ 51% volunteers know

about it

Chart 5: Organisations: Mean Value to the statement

Structures and Quality - Measures

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Need for action

Perspectives

Which measures are important?

Training

Probationary period

Information about the entire org.

Job description

Team with Volunteers

Team with paid staffMentoring

Get feedback

Give feedback

Special acknowledgments

Acknowledgement at the end

1

2

3

4

Uk isUk should

Chart 6: Volunteers UK: Mean Value „IS“ and „SHOULD“ to the statement

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Need for action

Perspectives

Which measures are important?

Training

Probationary period

Information about the entire org.

Job description

Team with Volunteers

Team with paid staffMentoring

Get feedback

Give feedback

Special acknowledgments

Acknowledgement at the end

1

2

3

4

Slo "is"Slo "should"

Chart 7: Volunteers Slo: Mean Value „IS“ and „SHOULD“ to the statement

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Need for action

Perspectives

Which measures are important?

Training

Probationary period

Information about the entire org.

Job description

Team with Volunteers

Team with paid staffMentoring

Get feedback

Give feedback

Special acknowledgments

Acknowledgement at the end

1

2

3

4

At "is"At "should"

Chart 8: Volunteers At: Mean Value „IS“ and „SHOULD“ to the statement

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Perspectives

The demand for voluntary work for our organisation will remain unchanged in the coming years

Voluntary work will lose importance in our organisation in the coming years

Voluntary work will become more important in our organisation in the coming years

1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00

At

Slo

Uk

UK: Statement: "Economic downturn has

resulted in reduced funding for paid post so this makes volunteers even more valuable."

At: Statement: „Organisierte

Nachbarschaftshilfe wird noch wichtiger“

Slo: Statement.„Prostovoljstvo je

pomembna vrednota in zavedamo se, da nam

prostovoljci s svojim delom zelo pomagajo pri poteku

naših dejavnosti“.

Chart 9: Organisations: Mean Value to the Statement

Organisations: General perspectives

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Perspectives

UK: Statement: " "More supervision and

training but this requires external

support and fundings"

At: Statement: „"Interkulturelle

Schulungen für MA ohne Migrations-

hintergrund"

Slo: Statement.„Srecanja mentorjev vseh

prostovoljcev v našem kraju že potekajo, a skupen projekt bi jim omogocil, da

se spoznajo še na drug nacin.“.

Chart 10: Organisations: Aggreement to the Statement „We plan to integrate persons with migration background as voluntary staff in our organisation”

Organisations: Perspectives Migration and Volunteering

Uk Slo At0

5

10

15

20

25Does not ApplyApplies

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Perspectives

Chart 11: Volunteers: „Would you recommend friends or family members to participate in volunteer activities?“

Last question

0.0%

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

80.0%

UkSlo

At

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