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Volunteering can be great for wellbeing, but fails to appeal to men and younger people. Charities and councils need to reach out to those who have most to gain

• Mandy James is policy and engagement manager at Volunteering Matters

Mandy James

Wed 3 Jan 2018 06.18 ESTLast modified on Tue 6 Feb 2018 06.41 EST

Many years ago, Jeff, now 59, had a serious accident at work that left him with permanent injuries. He’s now a volunteer with Sporting Chance, a project that engages older men in the north east in activity and exercise groups, and runs regular bingo sessions.

“Most people who have met me wouldn’t believe that I used to be introverted, especially with regards to my health,” he says. “I was quite shy.”

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The change that Jeff has experienced in his life as a result of volunteering is something many of the 30,000 involved with our Volunteering Matters charity have also seen. They do all kinds of volunteering in their community, from befriending elderly and isolated people or supporting families where children are at risk, to giving someone a lift to a hospital appointment.

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There is now broad agreement about the positive contribution volunteering can have for people’s health and wellbeing. Recently, for instance, I was cheered to hear delegates at a recent public health conference recognise how volunteering can improve health and wellbeing, including that of people with conditions like dementia. Volunteering helps reduce loneliness, now recognised as a serious health risk, and is one of the community-led approaches that can help improve mental health.

Volunteering has been acknowledged as part of the wider health policy, with the NHS five-year plan identifying a need to encourage community volunteering. Italso has an important role to play in tackling social exclusion, through projects such as lunch clubs for older people, assisted gardening schemes, or young play leaders.

Volunteering can help to provide people with ways out of poverty, by giving them new skills and confidence, and aid social integration. This is of particular value to those who are most excluded from the labour market, such as recent migrants or people with disabilities.

 

Volunteeering has an image problem - particularly with men and younger people

But while the benefits of volunteering are clear, there is worrying evidence that the people who could benefit most from giving their time are precisely those least likely to be involved.