The data illustrates the proportion of volunteers across six different sectors: Other, Healthcare, Environment, Sport, Education, and Art, over a six-year period from 2008 to 2014.
Overall, the Education sector demonstrated an upward trend compared to the other sectors, while Healthcare had the lowest proportion of volunteers. Notably, the Environment sector experienced dramatic growth, overtaking other sectors by 2014.
In 2008, Education had the highest proportion of volunteers among all sectors, reaching 24%. In contrast, Healthcare had a much lower figure of about 7%, which increased to 21% for the Environment sector. Both Other and Art maintained the same proportion at 15%, while Sport saw a slight increase from 15% to 18%.
By the year 2014, the Environment sector had the highest percentage of volunteers at around 34%, whereas Education had the lowest, dropping to 8%. In contrast, the Other sector climbed from 8% to 9%. Therefore, Art and Sport had the same proportion, both at 12%.
