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volunteering

vr.tr.volunteering · ACT.ACT

Let an agent explain volunteering and its forms, relay measurement, legal frameworks and research with attribution, describe programmes such as service years, and distinguish volunteering from unpaid internships, mandated community service and paid work.

Thing Registry Activities and processes

Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain volunteering and its forms, relay measurement, legal frameworks and research with attribution, describe programmes such as service years, and distinguish volunteering from unpaid internships, mandated community service and paid work.

The giving of time and effort without pay for the benefit of others, a community or a cause, through organisations or informally, in forms such as community service, voluntary service programmes, service years, student study-service and village activities, and in settings from charities and emergency services to international placements; volunteering is measured by statistical offices, supported by laws and policies, and studied for its social, economic and personal benefits.

What it is for: Contributing to others and communities without pay.

It can be explain forms and settings; relay measurement and law; relay research on benefits; distinguish from related activities.

Distinguishing features

Unpaid and voluntary

Benefit to others

Formal and informal

Policy support

What it looks like

Not a visible object; people giving time in many settings.

Physical character

formal volunteers worldwide: about 860 million people - UNV estimates, monthly

How it is recognised

Unpaid work for the benefit of others

Formal, informal, service programmes, international volunteering

Unpaid internships serve the intern; court-ordered community service is a sanction; paid work is employment

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

unpaid work

is a kind of - in registry terms

voluntary action

is a kind of - in registry terms

voluntarism

is measured by - in labour statistics

ILO volunteer work measurement

In practice

Families and kinds

formal volunteering through organisations

informal helping

community service and voluntary service programmes

service years and national civic service

student service-learning such as study-service

international volunteering

corporate and skills-based volunteering

emergency and crisis volunteering

Standards and regulation

ILO Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work

National volunteering laws and insurance rules

Safeguarding and background check rules

International Volunteer Day, 5 December

Failure modes and hazards

Exploitation of volunteers as unpaid labour

Voluntourism harms, as reported

Confusing mandated service with volunteering

Unsourced participation figures

Also called

voluntary taskStudent Study-Servicecommunity servicevoluntary servicevillage activityservice yearfavorsCitizens’ Councilmedical volunteerismgarbage collection campaigndigital volunteeringFirst Spouse of MassachusettsKibbutz volunteeringFirst Spouse of Marylandvirtual volunteeringcivic engagementTimurite movementsevāinternational volunteeringcivic technology

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What volunteering is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition and forms.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is volunteering, and what forms does it take? definition
  2. Is the activity volunteering, an internship, mandated service or paid work? boundary

Settings

Settings.

Settings

Settings.

  1. In what settings do people volunteer, from local charities to emergency services and international programmes? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific programme? action
Evidence Measurement and research.

Attribution.

Measurement

Measurement.

Measurement

Measurement.

  1. How is volunteering measured, and what do statistics show, with sources? measurement
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Benefits

Benefits and effects.

Benefits

Benefits.

  1. What does research say about the social, economic and health effects of volunteering, with findings attributed? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Practice Practice and policy.

Regulation.

Management

Volunteer management.

Management

Management.

  1. How do organisations recruit, train, safeguard and recognise volunteers? provenance
  2. Which entry fits volunteer management? action

Policy

Law and policy.

Policy

Policy.

  1. What laws, insurance and policies support volunteering and service years, and what debates exist, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Context Ethics and history.

Context.

Ethics

Ethics.

Ethics

Ethics.

  1. What ethical issues arise in voluntourism and unpaid labour, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits voluntourism? action

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How has volunteering developed across cultures and periods? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of philanthropy? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should service year and international volunteering be separate entries?
  • How should statistical sources be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific programmes and vague terms; should they be split off?