Trends in Volunteering

~ More people are volunteering.

~ The "typical" volunteer has changed.

~ Volunteers are more focused on what they do.

~ Volunteers have to budget commitment time more.

~ There are many more organizations in which to volunteer.

~ More volunteers want one-time or short term volunteer opportunities.

~ People are living longer.

~ More senior volunteers take occasional "time off" to travel, etc.

~ There are more "service learning" projects.

~ There are quite a few well-established and well-organized and effective youth volunteering opportunities.

~ Volunteers have an enhanced political awareness of volunteering.

~ More people use volunteering to support their careers.

~ There are more legal liability concerns for volunteers.

~ Volunteers often what to have more say in the organizations they support

~ New technology is broadining volunteer opportunities.

~ More volunteer programs recruit their own clients as volunteers.

~ Volunteer program management has become a more established profession.

~ Volunteering is becoming more innovative

~ Volunteer programs are slowly catching up with these trends.