1. Grundtvig Learning Partnership
“Improving Volunteering in Social Care” (2011-
2013)
PROJECT MEETING - ITALY
Questionnaire about
Recruitement of volunteers in social care
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2. ASSOCIATIONS’ RESULTS
UK - 9 associations
GR - 3 associations
IT - 3 associations
RO - 3 associations
CY - 3 associations
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3. SECTORS COVERED
Health and social care. Most of interviewed
organizations are engaged in the care of the sick,
the elderly and with disabilities people, in social
development
The volunteers are principally devoted to people
requiring medical assistance, patient transports,
support people at their homes, fundraising
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4. WHO IS THE VOLUNTEER?
Age range from 18 to 70, in some case less than 40
Many categories of status, majority
students/unemployed/retired
Mainly females than males (sometimes linked to
different activities)
Except for Italy and Greece there are disabled or
socially disadvantaged people among the volunteers
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5. THE RECRUITEMENT
who and where?
mainly manager and volunteers of the association
work places and offices of the organizations
very little use of the net
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6. “CARE” OF THE VOLUNTEER
The Volunteer has specific competencies
or a training/tutoring is provided
Interviews
The volunteer could be refused
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7. INSURANCE?
No insurance for Cypriot, Greek and Romanian volunteers
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8. MOTIVATIONS VS. SKILLS
No benefits o wages for the volunteer
For 16 vs. 5 the motivations are more
important than specific skills?
why?.......
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9. Motivations...........
Volunteers provide their services honorary and unpaid.
Volunteering and volunteers are born into the wider culture
which starts through the narrow and wider family environment
which creates the value of each individual. And it is developing
in the neighborhood, city, country, the universe that are the
social context of individual and group. That’s how we built a
solid personality. For every man with a conscience,
volunteering is a dominant value which he serves. Need and
motivation. Or motivation and need (Greece)
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10. ... and skills
Both are valuable. A sheep is motivated to cross
the road to reach the greener grass, but it needs
skills to know when to cross safely (Wales)
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