the knock on effect of volunteering on the lives of individuals can be profound

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Volunteering, as some people consider mistakenly is a plethora of people from all walk of life as well as activities, but data from the other side of the world suggest otherwise. For example, a survey on who participated in volunteering by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in the United Kingdom (UK) showed that people in higher income households are more likely phàn nàn others to lớn volunteer. In England and Wales, 57% of adults with gross annual household incomes of £75.000 or more, have volunteered formally In the 12 months prior to lớn the survey date. They were almost twice more likely to lớn have done sánh phàn nàn those living in households with as annual income under £10.000.

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As well as having high household incomes, volunteers also tend to lớn have higher academic qualifications, be in higher socio-economic groups and be in employment. Among people with a degree or postgraduate qualification, 79 per cent had volunteered informally and 57 per cent had volunteered formally in the previous 12 months. For people with no qualifications the corresponding proportions were 52 per cent and 23 per cent at all. However, voluntary work is certainly not the exclusive preserve of the rich. Does the answer not lie perhaps in the fact that the rich tend to lớn have money to lớn allow them the time to lớn be become involved in voluntary work compared to lớn less well-off people?

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A breakdown in the year 2000 of the range of volunteering activities taken from The nước Australia Bureau of Statistics gives an idea of the scale of activities in which people are typically involved. Eleven sectors are given ranging from Community and Welfare, which accounted for just over a quarter of the total hours volunteered in nước Australia, to lớn Law/ justice/ politics with 1.2 percent at the other and of the scale. Other fields included sport/ recreation, religious activities and education, following at 21/1 per cent, 16.9 and 14.3 per cent of the total hours. The data here also seem to lớn point to lớn a cohort of volunteers with expertise and experience.

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The knock-on effect of volunteering on the lives of individuals can be profound. Voluntary work helps foster independence and imparts the ability to lớn giảm giá khuyến mãi with different situations, often simultaneously, thus teaching people how to lớn work their way through different systems. It therefore brings people into touch with the real world; and, hence, equips them for the future.

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Initially, young adults in their late teens might not seem to lớn have the expertise or knowledge to lớn impart to lớn others that say a teacher or agriculturalist or nurse would have, but they tự have many skills that can help others. And in the absence of any particular talent, their energy and enthusiasm can be harnessed for the benefit of their fellow human beings, and ultimately themselves. From all this, the gain to lớn any community no matter how many volunteers are involved is immeasurable.

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Employers will generally look favorably on people who have shown an ability to lớn work as part of a team. It demonstrates a willingness to lớn learn and an independent spirit, which would be desirable qualities in any employee. So to lớn satisfy employers’ demands for experience when applying for work, volunteering can act as a means of gaining experience that might otherwise elude would-be workers and can ultimately lead to lớn paid employment and the desired field.

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But what are the prerequisites for becoming a volunteer? One might immediately think of attributes lượt thích kindness, selflessness, strength of character, ability to lớn giảm giá khuyến mãi with others, determination, adaptability and flexibility and a capacity to lớn comprehend the ways of other people. While offering oneself selflessly, working as a volunteer makes further demands on the individual. It requires a strength of will, a sense of moral responsibility for one’s fellow human beings, and an ability to lớn fit into the ethos of an organization. But it also requires something which in no way detracts from valuable work done by volunteers and which may seem at first glance both contradictory and surprising: self interest.

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Organizations involved in any voluntary work have to lớn be realistic about this. If someone, whatever the age is going to lớn volunteer and devote their time without money, they tự need to lớn receive something from it for themselves. People who are unemployed can use volunteer work as a stepping-stone to employment or as a means of finding out whether they really lượt thích the field the plan to lớn enter or as a way to lớn help them find themselves.

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It is tempting to lớn use some size of community work as an alternative to lớn national service or as punishment for petty criminals by making the latter for example clean up parks, wash away graffiti, work with victims of their own or other people. Thus may be acceptable, but it does not constitute volunteer work, two cardinal rules of which are the willingness to lớn volunteer without coercion and working unpaid.    .