Volunteering
Survey (part 1)
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Club/Facility
you coach at:
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Who
Volunteers?
The following questions
are based on previous studies and findings regarding ‘who volunteers’.
The
results will show trends that should determine
the key areas to be researched further. |
Sex: |
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Age
(years): |
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Post
Secondary Education: |
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Job
Title: |
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Employment: |
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Home
Life: |
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Relationship: |
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Children: |
Number:
Age(s)
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Religion: |
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Record
of Voluntary Activity
Research has found that
people often volunteer in more than one activity.
Please detail
all volunteering activity you are CURRENTLY
involved in. |
Name
Activity 1: |
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How
long have you been
involved: (answer in months
and/or years)
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Years:
Months:
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On
average how many
weeks per year: |
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On
average how many
hours per week:
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How
did you become
involved: (Please tick most
appropriate resoins or
provide details in other)
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Name
Activity 2: |
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How
long have you been
involved: (answer in months
and/or years) |
Years:
Months:
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On
average how many
weeks per year: |
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On
average how many
hours per week: |
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How
did you become
involved: (Please tick most
appropriate resoins or
provide details in other) |
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Name
Activity 3: |
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How
long have you been
involved: (answer in months
and/or years) |
Years:
Months:
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On
average how many
weeks per year: |
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On
average how many
hours per week: |
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How
did you become
involved: (Please tick most
appropriate resoins or
provide details in other) |
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Name
Activity 4: |
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How
long have you been
involved: (answer in months
and/or years) |
Years:
Months:
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On
average how many
weeks per year: |
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On
average how many
hours per week: |
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How
did you become
involved: (Please tick most
appropriate resoins or
provide details in other) |
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Volunteer
Functions Inventory (part 2)
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Please indicate how important or
accurate each of the 30 possible reasons
for volunteering are for you in doing voluntary
work. Use the following response scale
ranging from 1 to 7
1
Extremely unimportant /inaccurate
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2
Very unimportant/ inaccurate |
3
Somewhat unimportant/
inaccurate |
4
Neither |
5
Somewhat important/
accurate |
6
Very important/
accurate |
7
Extremely important/
accurate |
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Volunteering
can help me to get a foot in the door at
a place where I would like to work |
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My
friends volunteer |
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I
am concerned about those less fortunate than
myself |
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People
I’m close to want me to volunteer |
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Volunteering
makes me feel important |
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People
I know share an interest in community service |
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No
matter how bad I’ve been feeling, volunteering
helps me to forget about it |
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I
am genuinely concerned about the particular
group I am serving |
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By
volunteering I feel less lonely |
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I
can make new contacts that might help my
business or career |
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Doing
volunteer work relieves me of some of the
guilt over being more fortunate than others |
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I
can learn more about the cause for which
I am volunteering |
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Volunteering
increases my self-esteem |
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Volunteering
allows me to gain a new perspective on things |
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Volunteering
allows me to explore different career options |
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I
feel compassion toward people in need |
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Others
with whom I am close place a high value on
community service |
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Volunteering
lets me learn things through direct, hands
on experience |
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I
feel it is important to help others |
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Volunteering
helps me work through my own personal problems |
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Volunteering
will help me to succeed in my chosen profession |
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I
can do something for a cause that is important
to me |
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Volunteering
is an important activity to the people I
know best |
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Volunteering
is a good escape from my own troubles |
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I
can learn how to deal with a variety of people |
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Volunteering
makes me feel needed |
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Volunteering
makes me feel better about myself |
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Volunteering
experience will look good on my résume
/ CV |
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Volunteering
is a way to make new friends |
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I
can explore my own strengths |
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