National Survey of Voluntary Activity, 1997

The aims of this survey series are to ascertain :<br>
the proportion of the population who are involved in voluntary activity in the UK;<br>
the type of people most likely to volunteer;<br>
the types of activities in which volunteers are engaged;<br>
the motivations for volunteering;<br>
the benefits and drawbacks of voluntary work.<br>
The 1997 survey was carried out by BMRB International on behalf of the National Centre for Volunteering (formerly the Volunteer Centre). The need to compare trends in voluntary activity over time required that the survey was to a large extent a repeat of the previous surveys conducted by SCPR in 1981 and 1991, although some new topics were covered.<br>
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A research project was carried out by the National Centre for Social Research in partnership with the Institute for Volunteering Research in 2006/7, as a follow-up to the Citizenship Survey, 2005. The resulting study, the National Survey of Volunteering and Charitable Giving, 2006-2007, is held at the UKDA under SN 5793.<br>