Young People in Scotland Survey 2022

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The results reveal a marked decline in volunteering participation between 2019-2022:

• Formal volunteering – down 12 percentage points from 49% to 37%
• Informal volunteering – down 7 percentage points from 25% to 18%
   

This is perhaps unsurprising given the potential impacts of COVID-19, the war in Ukraine and now the cost of living crisis on young people’s health  and wellbeing. Other contributory factors may include:

• Volunteering tasks being less suited to young people during crises.
• COVID-19 and the cost of living crisis restricting the spaces in which formal youth volunteering takes place.
• The closure of schools during COVID-19 which removed the positive influence of teachers in supporting young people’s participation in volunteering.

IAVE continues to have a strategic interest in youth volunteering and the key issues that are challenging young people today. In 2023 IAVE is holding a series of four webinars on the theme of Youth Volunteering and Social Change. The IAVE Global Network of Volunteering Leadership Organizations (GNVL) also has an interest in youth volunteering and provides insight and evidence from the work they each do within their own countries and regions. It is important to provide opportunities to share this experience, in particular key pieces of research.

IAVE is therefore pleased to be organising an additional webinar focused on youth volunteering involving one of our GNVL member organizations, Volunteer Scotland. Volunteer Scotland will share the key findings from its Young People in Scotland Survey 2022 https://www.volunteerscotland.net/res... This will include: • The factors underpinning the decline in both formal and informal youth volunteering between 2019 - 2022. • The demographic variations in impact across age, gender, deprivation, long-term health conditions, and faith groups. • Highlighting the amazing contribution of Scotland’s young people during a time of crisis: for example, the 9.7 million hours they contributed in 2022. There is also a panel discussion to explore the global experience and implications for volunteering policy and practice. This Evidence into Action online seminar would be of particular interest to leaders in the field of youth volunteering, policymakers, volunteer practitioners, those engaged in schools and youth work, and those who want to learn more about the contribution of volunteering.