Civil society Community Education and employment Families and youth Inequality Institute for Community Studies Posted on: 27 September 2022 Authors: Emily Morrison,
Research on youth volunteering discussed on the Third Sector podcast
Emily Morrison, the Head of our Institute for Community Studies joins the Third Sector podcast, discussing new DCMS-commissioned research that found a ‘postcode lottery’ affecting young people’s ability to donate their time.
The report, Volunteering Journeys, says the place young people grow up in ‘powerfully determines if and how they are supported to volunteer’.
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