The big trend: Are young people replacing old people as the key volunteering group? (August 2020)
The report, entitled The big trend: Are young people replacing old people as the key volunteering group?, says there have been some fairly dramatic changes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, although volunteering among those over the age of 65 has been in decline since 2012, dropping from 28 to 13 per cent.
In general, volunteering rates have stayed constant since 2012 with around 1 in 5 saying they have volunteered in the last 3 months.
Volunteering among 55- to 64-year-olds dropped from 16 per cent in November last year, to nine per cent in May 2020, according to research by the consultancy.
Volunteering rates amongst the under-30s has dramatically increased, reflecting a wider trend among 16- to 24-year-olds that has seen volunteering rates increase from 30 to 40 per cent since 2018.
