volunteering in austria
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Research
about Volunteering in Austria
„Live is giving and taking, and this flow has to be kept“
Manuela Hinterberger
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Content2. Definiton of volunteering 3. History of voluntary work in Austria 4. Fields and areas of voluntary work5. Social benefits of voluntary work6. Volume of voluntary work7. Participation in voluntary work in Austria8. Motivations an barriers9. Voluntary work and gender10.Voluntary work and older people
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Definition of volunteering
Voluntary engagement is a work that is done on a voluntary basis, without legal commitment, without flow of money (unpaid work) with a benefit for people outside the own
private houshold.
Ref: 1.Freiwilligenbericht: Freiwilliges Engagement in Österreich, bmask (Austrian Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affaires and Consumer Protection
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History of voluntary work 18. Century: Origins in the middle class, traditions of
clubs/associations
19. Century: Social volunteering started as answer to the industrialisation, clubs/associations became a source for private charity
World war II: Structures changed from small local associations to few cross-regional associations (centralised charity to „help the country in the difficult war time“)
After world war II: voluntary engagement decreased, people focused more on family matters
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History of voluntary work 1960s: new forms of voluntary work: social, ecological and socio-
cultural field, people asserted their right of political participation
1970s: the health and social sector became more important, the first self-help groups developed
1990s: government showed again more interest in voluntary work to support their support
2010: change in the structure and in the motiviatios to a „new and egoistic motivated“ voluntary work, more short-term engagement, more self-determinded actions
2010: change in the fields of volunteering: new fields like environement protection or ecology
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Fields an areas of voluntary work
Cultur Emergency aid Sports Religion
Politics Social and health Environement
Education community
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Social benefits of voluntary work
Economic sector: voluntary work in Austria corresponds to 13% of th full employed worker
Political sector: participation in political decisions
Social sector: build social capital and social inclusion, integration of marginalised people
Clubs/association sector: contributions in different fields (culture, arts, sports, religion, churches, social and health
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Volume of voluntary workhours per week
Formal voluntary workCultur 1.761.588
Emergency aid 1.575.932
Sports 1.418.408
Religion 1.026.121
Politics 640.905
Social engagement 564.689
Environement 349.906
Education 302.910
Community 278.223
Total 7.918.683
Formal voluntary work 7.918.683
Informal voluntary work 6.773.996
Total 14.692.679
Formal: based on an organisation
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Participation in voluntary workAdults more than 15 years old
43,8 % engaged in voluntary work56,2 % not engaged in voluntary work
27,9 % are engaged in formal voluntary work72,1 % are engaged in non-formal voluntary work
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Participation in voluntary workAdults more than 15 years old
Emergency aid 6,0 %Cultur 7,5 %Environement 2,6 %Religion 6,2 %Social affairs 3,3 %Politics 3,5 %Social engagement 2,1 %Education 2,5 %Sports 6,9 %
Formal 40,6 %
Informal 27,1 %
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Motivations and barriersMotivations- makes fun- to help other people- meet other people/make new friends- to learn more- to stay active- bring in own knowledge- possibility to share experiences- broaden the own´s horizont- to get help when I need it by myself- helpful for common welfare- engaging for an important thing- to get social acceptation- benefit for the own profession- to find a paid job
Barriers- time is taken already by family - commitments- nobody asked me- never thought about- not compatible with my job- illness or disability- no intersting voluntary options in the region- not for my age- would cost too much- feeling that it is not a useful contribution- previous bad experience
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Voluntary work and gender
Until beginning of 20. Century women were excluded from club/association activities
Men an women have different requirements for voluntary work
Men are more engaged in formal voluntary work: emergency aid, fire brigade, politics, sports, environement
Women are more engaged in religion, education
Social and health sector: Men and Women are engaged
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Voluntary work and gender
Engagement of women and men
Mentotal 47 %formal 33 %informal 27 %
Womentotal 41 %formal 23 %informal 28 %
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Voluntary work and older people
Motivations
- To share knowledge with the society and younger people
- To pursue a certain interest
- To pursue an ability that could have been realised before
- Possibility of social integration
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Voluntary work and older people
Participation in formal voluntary work
Group of the 65-79 year oldtotal 31 %formal 26 %informal 36 %
Group of the 50-64 year oldtotal 31 %Women 26 %Men 36 %
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Voluntary work and older people
Participation in informal voluntary work
Group of the 65-79 year oldtotal 23 %formal 23 %informal 23 %
Group of the 50-64 year oldtotal 31 %Women 32 %Men 29 %