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Volunteering journeys: growing the youth volunteering generation

By Tania Carregha, Zoë Wilkins, Katriya Bulutoglu, Dorine Mwesiga, Samanthi Theminimuelle, Nora Zia, Emily Morrison, Richard Harries, William Dunn, Kenza Kamal, Olivia Kershaw, Andy Mycock and Matthew Flinders

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pp. 1–57
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The Young Foundation: Institute for Community Studies
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Summary

A rapid evidence review from the Institute for Community Studies, commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to explore young people’s experiences of, and attitudes to, volunteering.

Volunteering Journeys examines how young people perceive and experience the UK’s current volunteering ‘offer’, and how it could be reshaped to strengthen and sustain their life-long participation. The project is rooted in a shared belief that young people’s emergent civic power, through volunteering, can inspire longterm engagement in social action, innovation, and entrepreneurship across all life stages. It aims to enhance how place-specific support structures might be better connected to broaden volunteering opportunities for all during youth transitions to adulthood.

Notes

References: Fox, S. (2019) 'Volunteering and its effects on social capital and wellbeing in the UK: insights from the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study'. Cardiff: Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods.

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