German Caritas Assiciation submission to the Research Forum, 20th IAVE World Volunteer Conference

The 20^th IAVE World Volunteer Conference
“Volunteering for Human Development: More solidarity, less poverty”

Dr. Eugen Baldas
Head of the Volunteer Sector of the German Caritas Assiciation
Deutscher Caritasverband
79104 Freiburg, Karlstraße 40, Germany
Eugen.Baldas@caritas.de
Phone: 0049/761/200425; Fax: 0049/761/ 200751

Forum 6: Investgación en el Voluntariado

Subject: Volunteering in the German Caritas - Results of a Representative Survey and Study

Abstract:
Background: Appr. 500,000 volunteers work in the various institutions and social services of the German Caritas and the parishes. In 2006 appr. 900 volunteers and 80 people in additional interviews as well as 100 employees were questioned by the Institut für Demoskopie in Allensbach.

The focus of this survey was satisfaction, cooperation with the employees, qualification, expectations, volunteering as a replacement for paid work, extension of voluntary work.

The results and a comparison with a similar 10-year old survey will be published in February.

E.Baldas, 8.1.2008