Volunteering ‘below the radar’? Informal volunteering in deprived urban Scotland
Mike Woolvin and Helen Harper (Volunteer Scotland)
Volunteer Scotland
1 May 2018
Research briefing looking volunteering in different areas and groups, looking at voluntary participation in its broadest sense to help inform future research, policy and practice.
Key findings
- Current research in Scotland focuses on ‘formal volunteering’ (through a third party) rather than ‘informal’ (helping out a friend or neighbour).
- Recent policy documents rely – often implicitly – on voluntary participation in order to achieve their goals.
- Research shows rates of formal and informal volunteering differ between different populations and locations.
Last modified on 3 May 2018
