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CSGVP: 07GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING IN ONTARIOEmployer support for employee volunteer activitiesAlmost 6 in 10 (57%) Ontario volunteers with an employer reported that they received someform of employer support for their volunteering in 2004 (see Figure 2.15). 7 The two mostcommon forms of employer support were allowing employees to change or reduce theirwork hours in order to volunteer and participating in a program or as the result of a policyput in place by the employer to encourage voluntarism among employees (32% ofvolunteers with an employer reported these two methods of support). One third (30%) saidthat their employer allowed them to use work facilities or equipment for their volunteeractivities, and 23% received some type of recognition from their employer for theirvolunteering. Twenty-one percent reported that their employer had either given them paidtime off to volunteer or the opportunity to volunteer during work hours.Figure 2.15: Employer support for employee volunteer activities, population aged 15 andolder, Ontario, 2004.Program to encourage volunteeringChange of work hours to volunteerUse of facilities or equipment27%32%32%34%30%32%Recognition for volunteeringPaid time off to volunteerDonates to organization15%23%23%21%20%18%Other form of support7%8%0% 20% 40%! !Skills gained from volunteering% volunteers with an employerOntarioOther provincesMany volunteers use their volunteer activities as an opportunity to practice skills and gainexperience (see Figure 2.16). 8 Sixty-seven percent of Ontario volunteers said they improvedtheir interpersonal skills through volunteering, and nearly half (44%) said they improvedtheir communication skills. Volunteers were least likely to report improving their fundraisingskills (33%) or office skills (26%). The pattern of responses in Ontario was broadly similarto that seen in the rest of Canada.!7 Questions concerning employer support were not asked in 2007.8 Questions concerning the skills gained from volunteering were asked only in 2007.GIVINGANDVOLUNTEERING.CA31
CSGVP: 07GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING IN ONTARIOFigure 2.16: Skills gained from volunteering, population aged 15 and older, Ontario and otherprovinces, 2007.Interpersonal skills65%67%Communications skills44%45%Organizational skillsIncreased knowledgeFundraising skills40%39%36%33%33%32%Office skills24%26%Some other skill13%15%0% 20% 40% 60% 80%% volunteersOntario Other provinces! !THE IMPACT OF YOUTH EXPERIENCES ON VOLUNTEERING!Ontarians who had had any of a range of experiences during their youth were more likely tovolunteer later in life as adults than those who had not had the same experiences (see Figure2.17). For instance, almost two thirds (63%) of those who had been active in studentgovernment during their youth volunteered, compared to less than half (45%) of those whohad not. Similarly, those whose parents had volunteered were more likely to reportvolunteering themselves in 2007 (59% vs. 41%), as were those who had volunteered asyouth (56% vs. 38%). In addition to affecting the likelihood of volunteering, these youthexperiences also seem to affect the amount of time people contribute when they dovolunteer. For example, volunteers who had been active in student government contributedan average of 217 hours annually, compared to 147 for volunteers who had not been soinvolved in their youth (see Figure 2.18). Not all youth experiences appear to have suchlarge effects on later volunteering. There was no difference in average volunteer hourscontributed by those who canvassed as youth and those who did not.GIVINGANDVOLUNTEERING.CA32
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