Ramblers Volunteer Survey Results Published

Thank you to everybody who took part in the Ramblers Volunteers Survey in December 2009.  The headline results have now been published, and can be downloaded below (please note you will need a pdf-reader to open it).

Some of the headlines include:

• 76% of respondents said they are satisfied with being a volunteer at the Ramblers.  However, the level of satisfaction with different parts of the organisation gets weaker the further away from local groups that you go.
• on average, respondents gave 4.5 hours of their time each week to volunteering for the Ramblers.
• "helping people" and "making a difference" were the two biggest motivating factors for people volunteering for the Ramblers.
• 88% planned to continue volunteering at the Ramblers, 5% planned to stop.
• Just over 30% thought there was a positive climate between staff and volunteers, just under 30% thought there wasn't.  89% felt they had a good response when contacting members of staff.

Click below to download:  VolunteersSurveyDec2009websitesummary.pdf

Tom Franklin, Chief Executive, said, "Thank you to the 644 volunteers who took part in the survey.  The results are helpful to staff and to volunteers - particularly those in Areas and Groups working to recruit and keep more volunteers."