This document discusses the benefits of volunteering in public services. It explains that public services, private organizations, and non-profits all rely on volunteers due to lack of funding, resources, and manpower. Volunteering helps raise funds, provides time, skills, expertise, and extra support. It benefits others by supporting important causes and helping those in need. Volunteering also benefits individuals by providing opportunities to gain new skills and experience, develop existing skills, make connections, build confidence and help feel useful to their community.

1. Unit 13: Volunteering in Public
Services
Benefits of volunteering

2. Different sectors of voluntary work
• Public – government services
• Private – for profit organisations
• Third – non-profit, non-governmental
• All will not be able to function without the
support of volunteers

3. Importance of volunteering
Volunteers
Help raise
funds
Provide
time, skills,
expertise
Respond to
emergencies
Provide new
ideas
Be an extra
pair of
hands
Lack of public
funding, resources
and manpower

4. Benefits – to others
• Support a worthwhile cause
• Make a difference
• Help those less fortunate

5. Benefits – to yourself
• Not only helping others
– New skills and experience
– Develop existing skills
– Make connections
– Make new friends
– Build self confidence and self esteem
– Have fun

6. Benefits – to yourself
• Not only helping others
– Work with different people
– Gain work experience
– Become more active and fitter
– Feel needed and useful
– See more of your community or the world.

7. – New skills and experience
– Develop existing skills
– Make connections
– Make new friends
– Build self confidence and self esteem
– Have fun
– Work with different people
– Gain work experience
– Become more active and fitter
– Feel needed and useful
– See more of your community or the world.