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  • Professor of Volunteering, Civil Society and Businesses and Professor of Strategic Philanthropy, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
The kinds of activities volunteers can do have changed, from long-term activities to more short-term, episodic volunteering. AAP/Dan Peled

Why don’t more people volunteer? Misconceptions don’t help

Kirsten Holmes, Curtin University; Debbie Haski-Leventhal, Macquarie Graduate School of Management; Leonie Lockstone-Binney, William Angliss Institute; Lucas Meijs, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Melanie Oppenheimer, Flinders University

Volunteers in Australia are essential to the provision of a range of services. Yet Western countries – including Australia – have recently reported a decline in volunteer rates.
Volunteering is a way to get involved in your community as this man, who has a refugee background, is doing in his work with older vision-impaired people. Volunteering Western Australia (VWA)

Where have all the volunteers gone?

Melanie Oppenheimer, Flinders University; Debbie Haski-Leventhal, Macquarie Graduate School of Management; Kirsten Holmes, Curtin University; Leonie Lockstone-Binney, William Angliss Institute, and Lucas Meijs, Erasmus University Rotterdam

The rate of volunteering among Australians and the hours individuals contribute appear to be falling. So how do people see volunteering and what can be done to restore this vital community activity?

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