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Title: Volunteer walk leaders in Scotland


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Volunteer walk leaders in Scotland
  • Their economic value, mental and social health

Adelle Gardiner Research and Development Officer
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Volunteer Development Scotland
  • Promote good practice
  • Volunteer management courses
  • Investing in Volunteers
  • Positive environment for volunteers
  • Policy advice
  • Build knowledge and understanding
  • Research and evaluation

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Commissioned Research
  • The impact of volunteering
  • on the
  • social and mental health
  • of
  • volunteer walk leaders

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So what?

Non-economic value of volunteering
Mental Health Social Health
Volunteers
Economic value of volunteering
Physical Health
Walkers
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Research Aims Stage One
  • Who are volunteer walk leaders?
  • Project map
  • survey
  • What is mental health and social health?
  • Evidence review
  • Stakeholder workshop

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What do we know?
  • 33 projects 550 volunteers
  • 1 year 32, 623 hours
  • Economic value of 479, 346

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Volunteer Walk Leaders Gender
Male
Female
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Volunteer Walk Leaders Age
16-24
25-34
35-44
65
45-54
55-64
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Volunteer Walk LeadersEconomic Activity
Full-time worker
Other
Student
Part-time worker
Unemployed
Retired
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Indicators for Mental Health
  • Self esteem and confidence
  • Resilience
  • General physical health and energy
  • Positive feelings (happiness)
  • Opportunity for engagement
  • Sense of purpose

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Indicators for Social Health
  • Sense of community or social belonging
  • Social interaction
  • Social support and caring
  • Community participation or volunteering

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Next Steps
  • Participation
  • New volunteer walk leaders
  • Results
  • Workshop
  • Discuss findings
  • Final reporting

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Supporting volunteering
  • Investing in Volunteers
  • Achieve good practice
  • Public recognition
  • Subsidy Scheme for Environmental Volunteering
    Organisations
  • Environmental organisations

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Further information
  • info_at_vds.org.uk
  • Volunteer Development Scotland conference stand
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