Speed ​​dating for volunteering: How to connect with clubs in Vienenburg!

Speed ​​dating for volunteering: How to connect with clubs in Vienenburg!

If you are interested in volunteering, you will soon have the opportunity to find out about various options and to make contacts on site. On August 30, the next event of the volunteer agency and the city of Goslar will take place on the market square in Vienenburg. After the success of the first speed dating volunteer edition last November [Goslar.de reports that…] (https://www.goslar.de/stadt-und-verwaltung/aktuelles/aktuelle-zetungen/stadt-goslar-und- Volunteering agency-Speed-zum-speed-Dating-ein are motivated, the bridge between interested citizens and volunteers beat.

The special thing about this format: up to 25 different organizations present themselves in short, crisp conversations of about four minutes. This enables you to quickly find out where your interests and talents can best be used. After the first rounds of getting to know, there is also the possibility for in -depth discussions. In this way, interested parties can step into a deeper exchange with the representatives of the clubs and clarify their questions.

invitation to all committed

If you want, you can already register for the event. The Early Bird registration for citizens has already been opened and the registration deadline begins on August 4th. Information on this can be found on machmit.goslar.de/ehrenamt. Interested institutions also have the opportunity to register and thus become part of this initiative.

Such forms of engagement are not only popular in Goslar, but also in other regions. For example, the Main-Kinzig-Kreis organizes a similar engagement-speed dating, in which citizens are given the opportunity to inform themselves about various clubs and their uses [your volunteering reports that .... Here is the goal of offering a kind of commitment "trial lesson" to explore the wishes and needs of the volunteers.

engagement in Germany - a positive development

Voluntary commitment in Germany shows a gratifying development. According to the 5th German volunteer survey, around 40 % of the population were involved in 2019, which is around 28.8 million people [BMFSFJ reports that …] (Https://www.bmfsfj.de/bmfsfj/aktuSe/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Bahlen-fakten-zur-des-beben-gagements-in-deutschland-176840). It is particularly gratifying that women and men get involved almost equally often. The differences between East and West Germany have also shrunk, which shows that civic engagement is very popular throughout the Federal Republic.

Nevertheless, it is noteworthy that many committed people today spend less time for their voluntary work than two decades ago. 60 % are up to two hours a week. Nevertheless, the Internet plays a central role: 57 % of the committed use of digital platforms for their activities.

More than ever, it is important to create incentives and to win people for volunteering. Events such as speed dating in Goslar are an important step in this direction to make the numerous opportunities for commitment visible and to contribute to a positive social cohesion.