[Simon47]

The following could be updated by now but we can add the rising cost of fuel as a discouragement to volunteerism. I live in the north and we face the issue of too much need and not enough volunteers. Ours are maxed out. The below are Canadian stats.


The National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (NSGVP), in a 2004 Survey found that; “more than two thirds (69%) of non-volunteers said that they lacked the extra time to volunteer and nearly one half (46%) said that they were unwilling to make a year-round commitment. Other significant barriers were giving money rather than volunteering (38%) and not having been personally asked to volunteer (37%). About one quarter of non-volunteers said that they had no interest in volunteering (25%), had health concerns or were physically unable to volunteer (24%), younger Canadians were far more likely than their older counterparts to say that they did not have the time to volunteer (76% of those aged 15 to 24; 80% of those aged 25 to 34; 39% of those aged 65 and over) or had not been personally asked to volunteer (49% of those aged 15 to 24; 43% of those aged 25 to 34; 27% of those aged 65 and over).”