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Volunteerism In Special Olympics

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According to the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC), volunteerism is defined as ‘activities done out of your own free will, without expecting financial payment, to help others outside your household, family or relatives’. (National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre, 2013) Special Olympics Singapore is a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic type sports for individuals with intellectual disabilities. It is a global sport and social movement that touches and transforms the lives of individuals with intellectual disability through the power of sports. (Special Olympics Singapore) 1.2 Background According to the Individual Giving Survey 2014, the total …show more content…

Participants were volunteers of Special Olympics Athletics training group; only active and regular volunteers who turn up for at least 4 training sessions a month were invited to do the questionnaire. The mean age was 26.2 years (SD=6.93) and 60% of the participants were females; 50% of the participants were students while the rest were working adults from all walks of life. With regards to volunteering experience, 50% of them have been volunteering in the Special Olympics Athletics training group for at least 2 years. 3.2 …show more content…

(1998) was used to find out the reasons for volunteering. The questionnaire consists of 30 items, five items for each of the six volunteering functions- values, understanding, enhancement, career, social and protective. It employs a seven-point rating scale, ranging from 1 (not at all important/not accurate) to 7 (extremely important/accurate). Respondents are to indicate how important or accurate each of the 30 possible reasons for volunteering was for them in doing volunteer work. A copy of the questionnaire is enclosed in the

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