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The Demographic Opportunity: Volunteering in Older Age

Explore the challenges and benefits of older age volunteering, redefining gerontology constructs, and understanding diverse pathways into volunteering. Discover how older volunteers positively impact organizations amid societal changes.

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The Demographic Opportunity: Volunteering in Older Age

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  1. The Demographic Opportunity:Volunteering in Older Age VSSN Day Conference – 1st December 2010 Eddy Hogg Northumbria University

  2. An Ageing Population • Defining older age is problematic • The population though is ageing • Society will change as a result

  3. Critical Gerontology & The Lifecourse • Gerontolology can be limiting; - biomedical model - welfare model • Challenging these constructs • Reconceptualising the lifecourse

  4. Pathways into Volunteering • Three broad groups; • Continuous • Serial • Trigger (drawing on Davis Smith and Gay, 2005) • Older people value volunteering for very different reasons

  5. Benefits to Organisations • Organisations value; • Commitment and longevity • Skills, but some tension here • Dedication to useful training • Organisations rely on older volunteers for a wide range of tasks

  6. Why this matters… • Big Society and cuts; organisations facing huge demands • Ageing population yet focus on youth volunteering / social panacea • Diverse pathways into volunteering, need to emphasise this inclusivity

  7. Thank you! edward.hogg@northumbria.ac.uk

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