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  • Experience of volunteering by adults in Northern Ireland 2024/25

    Topics:
    • Statistics and research, 
    • Voluntary and community statistics

    Date published: 2 October 2025

    Statistics on experience of volunteering: findings from the 2024/25 Continuous Household Survey.

    The bulletin presents analysis, including by demographic group and area, on the following topics:

    • engagement in volunteering including both formal and informal volunteering
    • types of organisations volunteered with
    • types of volunteering activities
    • frequency and time spent volunteering
    • benefits experienced as a result of volunteering
    • reasons for not volunteering

    Note: In 2023/24 questions relating to volunteering were reviewed to improve collection of data relating to informal volunteering. As a result of these changes, and of changes to the data collection methodology, figures for 2023/24 and 2024/25 are not directly comparable to previous years.

    This Experience of volunteering by adults in Northern Ireland 2024/25 publication is now available to view in html format.

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    • Experience of volunteering by adults in Northern Ireland, 2024/25Microsoft Excel (66.35 KB)
    • Experience of volunteering by adults in Northern Ireland, 2024/25OpenDocument spreadsheet (33.58 KB)
    • Experience of volunteering by adults in Northern Ireland Background Quality Report, 2024/25Adobe PDF (152.34 KB)
    • Experience of volunteering by adults, 2024/25 Pre-Release Access ListAdobe PDF (73.38 KB)
    • Department for Communities Modules on the Continuous Household Survey 202425 QuestionnaireAdobe PDF (420.92 KB)

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