Volunteering in Poland.Acknowledgements and PR

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Acknowledgements

Definition

Volunteering:

Activity bringing benefits to more than justone’s friends and family, offered of one’sown will, consciously and free of charge

The History

•Willing of the freedom, independent •Tradition of charity and philantrophy•Turning against the politic system

Today

•Explosion of non profit sector (45 000 organisations)

•Increasing of the volunteering and pro bono

work

First Volunteer Centre in Poland created in 1993

Mission: to promote public participation and develop models to further the process of satisfying human needs through volunteering

The Volunteer Centre Network

Słupsk Gdańsk

Elbląg

Warszawa

Łódź

LublinKielce

Katowice

8 Regional Centres in Poland, 60 Local Centres

Volunteer Job Exchange Offices

Training for volunteers and coordinators of volunteers

Thematic volunteer programmes

Assistance in Volunteer Bureau establishment

Consultations on social programme development and implementation

•NGO’seducation, ecology, social welfare, health care, culture and

art, human rights, sport, etc.

•Public institutions social welfare centres, schools, nurseries, orphanages, hospitals, cultural centres, local day-rooms, libraries, etc.

•The unformal groups

•The Volunteer Centre Network in Poland

•Business and their employees

(Corporate Social Responsibility partners)

Where are the volunteers?

The governmental supporting

• The Department of Public Benefit, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy ACT OF LAW of April 24th 2003

• The strategies of development of volunteering (regions, cities, communities)

The NGO’s supporting

Workshops for volunteers, company workers, NGO workers or other institutions workers

Consultations for organizations, institutions

The Box of Charity– Internet database contacting people in need with volunteers www.wolontariat.org.pl

Free hotline concerning volunteering 0 800 300 594Since November 2006 consultations have lasted for over 300 hours!

Mentors advising coordinators of volunteer

Manuals

•„How to find and keep a volunteer”

•„Volunteering makes fun”

•„Volunteering in school" 

•„Voluntary service in polish law" 

•„How to cooperate with the volunteers?" 

•„Annual nr 2  - Volunteering – new view on the social work”

Manuals•„Annual nr 7 – the Colours of

volunteering”

•„Portfolio- the index of the skills”

•„How to train the volunteers”-

the hand out

•„How to train the coordinators”- the hand out

•„The album of the gold study cases”

•„The students’ volunteering” (manuals for schools and volunteers)

Promotion & PR

Volunteer Centres Network in Poland: www.wolontariat.org.pl

Program „Corporate Volunteering”: www.wolontariat.biz.pl about 2 500 guests monthly

Program „Volunteering in Social Welfare Centres”www.wolontariat.ops.plabout 3 000 guests monthly

www.wolontariat.ngo.pl

Campaign „Helping makes you stronger”http://www.arcww.com.pl/wolontariat/

Websites

IT Management

since 2008

• 60 local www administrators

• 60 local websites

• responsible for the volunteers and NGO/institutions requitment on the local level

• every day we receive a several new applications

The Box of Charity

Internet database of volunteers

• since December 16th 2005

• 944 offers from organizations from the whole country

• 6782 applications from volunteers willing to help

I. Promotion campaign „Who is first to volunteer?” 2001

Partner: Commercial Union PolskaDate: September 2001Reach: nationwideChannels of communication: press, InternetPrincipal: Volunteer CentreExecuter: advertising agency Leo BurnettMedia House: Starcom

II. Campaign „You can be my legs”

Partner: Commercial Union PolskaDate: September 2001Reach: nationwideChannels of communication: press, InternetPrincipal: Volunteer CentreExecuter: advertising agency Leo BurnettMedia House: Starcom

III. Campaign „Helping makes you stronger”

Partner: Polish Telecommunication, Commercial Union PolskaDate: September 2001- December 2007Reach: nationwideChannels of communication: press, InternetPrincipal: Volunteer CentreExecuter: advertising agency Leo BurnettMedia House: StarcomEFIE 2007 – Bronze winner

EPICA 2006 - Silver winner

eurobest 2006 – Bronze winner

Since 2001 Nationwide Competition „Colours of Volunteering”

Gala of Volunteering is a ceremonial end of the competition- presenting statues The Best of the best; transmitted live on Polish Television Channel 2

Candidates are nominated in such spheres like:

· Social Welfare and Health Care System· Education, Sport, Culture· Helping disable people· Ecology· Local development and democracy· Corporate Volunteering

Stars of Gala of Volunteering: The famous Polish singers/bands: Kaja, Lady Punk, Grzegorz Turnau, Janusz Radek, Edyta Geppert, Kukiz, Edyta Górniak, Raz Dwa Trzy, Stachursky, Perfekt, Wojciech Młynarski, Laureaci Festiwalu Zaczarowanej Piosenki 2005 etc.

Competition „The Colour of Volunteering”

and Gala of Volunteering

The Media December 5th The Press conference

Volunteering in Poland.Motivating the volunteers

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•NGO’s and their beneficiaries education, ecology, social welfare, health care, culture and

art, human rights, sport, etc.

•Public institutions and their beneficiaries – social welfare centres, schools, nurseries, orphanages, hospitals, cultural centres ,local day-rooms, libraries, etc.

•The unformal groups

•The Volunteer Centre Network in Poland

•Business and their employees

(Corporate Social Responsibility partners)

Different places- different motivations

„Volunteering, charity and 1%. Report of the survey ”

Purpose: to observe changes in the condition of the civil participation in Poland and to find out the basic data about the structure, functioning, needs, opinions and problems of the volunteering and charity in Poland.

Editions: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Commission : Klon/Jawor Association and the Volunteer Centre Association in Warsaw

Execution: SMG/KRC A Millward Brown Company

Research

Research 2007

4 000 000 Poles volunteered in 2007

Age of the volunteers

36-45 years 16,1 %

26-35 years 10,40 %

46-55 years 13,0 %

55 years and more 12,7 %

less than 25 years13,9 %

Education of the volunteers

primary11,9 %

higher 19,1 %

vocational8,5 %

secondary 15,2 %

Number of hours/month

15,70%

27,30%

18,20%

19,80%

19,00%

1-5 hours

6-15 hours

16-50 hours

more than 50hours

I do not remember

2007

60,0 % for religious/moral/political reasons

35,2 % if I help others, they will also help me

34,4 % for pleasure

23,0 % to meet new people, to feel useful

20,7 % I cannot refuse

Why do I volunteer? RESEARCH 2007

17,4 % my friends and family members are

volunteers

11,5 % to learn, to develop my skills

3,9 % to repay my debt to others (someone has helped me in the past)

0,6 % another answer

5,8 % I do not remember

Why do I volunteer? RESEARCH 2007

34,8 % I do not have a time

33,6 % I’m not interested in, I’ve never though about volunteering

14,8 % I must care of my family

14,3 % no one asked me

6,8 % I don’t know what can I give

Why do I not volunteer?

RESEARCH 2007

5,4 % I don’t know any interesting group/organization

3,1 % I don’t trust the organizations

2,7 % I don’t know where I can find the information

2,0 % I have a bad experience

Why do I not volunteer?

RESEARCH 2007

Youth: Education, experience, curiosity, determination of one’s own identity, a way to find a job

Middle-aged citizens:Personal fulfilment, a way to abreact stress suffered at work, counterbalance to everyday hardship, to bring more ‘humanitarian’ aspects to one’s life

Retired citizens:A need to be active, share one’s experience and knowledge with others, contact with other people, a chance to follow passions one never has had time for

Volunteers motivations

Maslow's hierarchyof needs

The need for self realisation - need of realisation of one's own possibilities The need for positive self esteem, the need of ego - self esteem, status, authority The social needs - friendship, belonging, acceptation The need for safety - protection against being hurt or threaten, deprivation The physiological needs - food, drink, roof over one's head

Volunteer Centre Association

Nowolipki 9b Street, 00-151 Warszawaphone: (+48 22) 635-27-73fax: (+48 22) 635-27-73, w. 34

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