If we don’t measure volunteering, do we truly support it?
At the first #SWVR2026 webinar, people kept coming back to the same point: volunteerism is everywhere, yet much of it still goes unseen.
Here are the key takeaways: unv.org/news/if-we-d...
Join UNV & @NUGlobalDev for the second #SWVR2026 Global Webinar!
We’ll explore how mixed methods and context-sensitive approaches strengthen how we measure volunteering across health, skills & development.
📅 16 April 2026
⏲️ 1–2.15 pm CET
Register: undp.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
What is the economic value of a volunteer?
In #Kenya 🇰🇪, community health volunteers show up every day, holding systems together and building resilience, trust and care, often without pay.
That value is hard to measure.
Read #SWVR2026: bit.ly/3YfUQ6x
📢 Just a few hours to go 📢
Every month, 2.1 billion people volunteer globally. But how do we measure it?
Join the first Global Webinar on the 2026 State of the World’s Volunteerism Report #SWVR2026 to find out.
📅 24 March | 13:00–14:15 CET
🔗 undp.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Data does not tell the full story.
In #Uganda 🇺🇬, photovoice, a participatory method using photos for storytelling, gave young refugees a way to document how volunteering shapes their skills & livelihoods.
A simple method that puts people’s realities at the centre. #SWVR2026
Governments are at their strongest when they treat volunteers as their essential partners.
In the #Philippines 🇵🇭, the Philippine National Volunteer Service Agency uses a “public value lens” to measure how community-based volunteering benefits society as a whole.
Read #SWVR2026: bit.ly/3YfUQ6x
The first #SWVR2026 Global Webinar is here!
Join us to learn:
🔸 How do we measure the impact of volunteering?
🔸 What is the Global Index of Volunteer Engagement?
🔸 How can evidence inform policy & planning?
📅 24 March | 1:00–2:15 PM (CET)
🔗 Register: undp.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
How do we see the direct impact of volunteers on the #SDGs?
In #Togo 🇹🇬, the National Agency for Volunteerism measures results in education and health, from pupil-teacher ratios to maternal health and the fight against malaria and HIV.
Evidence matters.
Read #SWVR2026: bit.ly/3YfUQ6x
In #Tonga 🇹🇴 & #Vanuatu 🇻🇺, Volunteer Service Abroad measures beyond simple numbers.
By using indigenous practices, volunteers and locals track changes through data and the power of storytelling.
#SWVR2026 highlights overlooked methods of measurement: bit.ly/3YfUQ6x
''key findings reveal the sheer scale of volunteers impact. Even as they navigate risks and threats in crises and wars''
Volunteers are on the frontlines of crises, threats, conflicts, and wars. Yet much of their impact is invisible.
The new #SWVR2026 reveals the scale of volunteer work and why it MUST be measured📏: bit.ly/3YfUQ6x
GIVE, the Global Index of Volunteer Engagement
Introducing GIVE, the Global Index of Volunteer Engagement 👏
A groundbreaking framework measuring the value of volunteering to individuals, communities, economies, and enabling environments.
A milestone for global volunteer data #SWVR2026 🔗 bit.ly/3YfUQ6x
Current systems still can’t measure 📏 the full impact of #volunteerism, as explained by Louise Chamberlain, UNV Deputy Executive Coordinator.
#SWVR2026 sets out to fix that 🔗 bit.ly/3YfUQ6x
The publication is being launched at the UN General Assembly in New York today on International Volunteer Day, 5 December. This edition offers the most comprehensive analysis yet of the global scale and impact of volunteer work worldwide.
#NUGlobalVolunteering #SWVR2026 #IVD2025 #NorthumbriaUni
Our @nuglobaldev.bsky.social researchers have played a key role in this global @unv.org report so it's exciting to see plans for tomorrow's launch on International Volunteer Day.
💡Discover more: www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
#NUGlobalVolunteering #SWVR2026 #IVD2025
A blank page.
A reminder of how much we still don’t measure.
The State of the World's Volunteerism Report calls on everyone to invest in data that captures volunteer contributions.
#SWVR2026 is launching on 🗓️ 5/12/2025
Volunteers’ contributions are critical, yet the lack of data still fails to reflect that 📏
The State of the World’s Volunteerism Report 2026 will show how better data can inform policies, investments and community resilience.
#SWVR2026 is coming on 🗓️ 5/12/2025.
