THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERING

NICK OCKENDEN18TH JULY 2016

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A CHALLENGING OPERATING ENVIRONMENT IN THE UK

UNCERTAINTY FOLLOWING EU REFERENDUM

ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN AND A POSSIBLE RECESSION

CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS

GLOBAL CRISES

2001 2003 2005 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2012-13 2013-14 2014-150

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25

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35

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45

50

At least once a month At least once a year

DOMESTIC VOLUNTEERING RATES SUGGEST STABILITYRates of formal volunteering, 2001 to 2014/15 (%)Source: Citizenship and Community Life Surveys

42%

27%

2010-2011 2012-13 2013-14 2014-150%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Volunteered at least once in last 12 months Volunteered at least once per month

THE PROPORTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER CONTINUES TO GROWProportion of 16-25 year olds formally volunteering 2010/11 to 2014/15 (%)Source: Citizenship and Community Life Surveys

47%

35%

THE INCOME OF THE INGO SECTOR IS GROWINGReal terms income of BOND members and the UK charity sector between 2000/01 and 2013/14 (£ millions, indexed2007/08 = 100)Source: BOND and NCVO, Financial trends for UK based INGOs

AS WELL AS ITS STAFFINGWorkforce of BOND members between 2006/07 and 2013/14 (number of FTE employees)Source: BOND and NCVO, Financial trends for UK based INGOs

DEBATES AROUND THE BENEFICIARY – BENEFIT TO SELF OR TO OTHERS?The benefit spectrumSource: A rose by any other name, IVR, 2010

DEBATES AROUND THE BENEFICIARY – A DOUBLE BENEFIT?

DEBATES AROUND THE BENEFICIARY – PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AID?

DEBATES AROUND THE BENEFICIARY – DOING HARM THROUGH DOING GOOD?

CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH MOTIVATIONS

FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT & POVERTY

SOUTH-SOUTH ENGAGEMENT

MARKETISATION

ACTIVITY INDEPENDENT OF ORGANISATIONS

ACTIVITY INDEPENDENT OF SECTORS

TECHNOLOGY FACILITATING NEW ENGAGEMENT

THOSE WHO CAN AND THOSE WHO CANNOTThe Civic CoreSource: Mohan, J. and Bulloch, S. (2012) The idea of the civic core TSRC: Birmingham

33% of the population

VOLUNTEERING AS A JOURNEYThe volunteering journeySource: Pathways through Participation, NCVO, IVR and Involve (2011)

NCVO Institute for Volunteering Researchwww.ivr.org.uk

NCVOwww.ncvo.org.uk

NCVO UK Civil Society Almanachttps://data.ncvo.org.uk/

The Road Aheadwww.ncvo.org.uk

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