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Regular formal volunteering
Part of the Trust and Wellbeing domain. Percentage of adults who volunteer formally at least once a month through a group, club or organisation, measuring civic engagement and social cohesion.
Latest data
Latest reading
2024/25
A lower reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Blended from three components: (60% weight), trend (30% weight) and volatility (10% weight). Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 60% weight
Bounds: scored against fixed best/worst limits, used until a metric has about eight years of verified data to rank against.
Trend · 30% weight
Measured from the direction and size of the change between the two most recent readings.
Volatility · 10% weight
50Provisional: fewer than four historical readings are available, so this defaults to a mid range score rather than a measured figure.
Data confidence and provenance
Confidence and source
How much weight to put on the reading, the mean data-confidence across the component metrics (source quality, recency and completeness).
Source
Community Life Survey
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Reliability
- medium
Provenance
- Provider
- DCMS
- Series ID
- formal volunteering at least monthly, England
- Frequency
- annual
- Accessed
- 13 June 2026
Known weakness
Community Life Survey is a medium-sized annual survey; volunteering rates are affected by economic conditions that change participation without reflecting structural social change.
Notes
Verified official value from DCMS (formal volunteering at least monthly, England), accessed 2026-06-13.
Historical values
History
| Period | Value | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16 | |
| 2024 | 17 |