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National Working Group

In Austria

Senior Volunteering in Austria

Summeracademy 2011

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Who is a volunteer

- A person who works without getting paid

- A person who gives his/her own time as a gift for a certain purpose

- A person who wants to help the society (other people, environement, animals …)

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What do volunteers need

- A platform

- Support

- Appreciation

- Information

- Clearness of duties and rights

- Contact person

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What does volunteering mean

- Giving his/her own time for a certain purpose

Definition: Voluntary work is a work based on an optional

basis (without legal commitment) which is not paid in any form and which has an effect for people outside of the own family.

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The role of you organisation in the field of volunteering

Katholische Aktion Steiermark:

- offering volunteer work in different fields

- 30.000 volunteers, many women

- in the department of education, sports, creche

- the organisation works bottom - up

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The role of you organisation in the field of volunteering

ATG Steiermark (sports organisation):

- 2000 members

- 5 paid workers

- The rest are volunteers

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The role of you organisation in the field of volunteering

Hospiz Steiermark (hospice Styria)

- Support of seriously ill persons, their relatives and dying persons

- Volunteers get a training and support

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The role of you organisation in the field of volunteering

Landesjugendbeirat

- Umbrella organisation of 22 youth organisations

- Platform for more than 100.000 children

- 15.000 volunteers

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The role of you organisation in the field of volunteering

Books for life

- Caritative second hand book shop

- Completely based on volunteer work

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The role of you organisation in the field of volunteering

Help without frontiers

- Fundraising for Burmese refugees

- Only based on voluntary work

www.helfenohnegrenzen.at

www.helpwithoutfrontiers.org