The two pie charts compare the proportions of volunteers involved in six different types of organisations in 2008 and 2014.
Overall, there was a noticeable shift in the distribution of volunteers towards environmental and sports organisations, both of which saw substantial growth, while art, educational and other organisations experienced downward trends. Environmental organisations overtook education to become the most popular category by 2014, whereas health care consistently accounted for the smallest proportion of volunteers.
Turning to the categories that experienced growth, the proportion of volunteers involved in environmental organisations increased from 21% in 2008 to 29% in 2014, making it the largest category in the latter year. Sport recorded the most substantial increase, with its share rising by 10 percentage points, from 15% to 25%. Similarly, the figure for health care saw a marginal increase, climbing from 7% to 8% over the period.
By contrast, the remaining three categories all experienced declines. The proportion of volunteers working with educational organisations fell from 24% to 17%, representing a decrease of 7 percentage points. Likewise, the figures for art and other organisations both declined by 6 percentage points, from 18% to 12% and from 15% to 9%, respectively.
