Participation in voluntary activities in England 2013-2018

The data displays the share of respondents in England that reported participating in voluntary activities from 2013/14 to 2017/18, by frequency. Volunteering was defined in two ways - 'formal' and 'informal', the former being when a person gives unpaid help to groups, clubs or organizations and the latter being when this help is given to people (who are not relatives). In the most recent survey, 64% of respondents advised that they had volunteered at least once the last year.