Voluntary association

As a volunteer agencies shall be designated to assist in various ways civic, volunteering. Her most famous role is to advise people who want to get involved, and to communicate these to the appropriate clubs or institutions. Depending on the carrier, origin and mode of operation they call themselves volunteer center ( especially in the area of the Welfare Association German Caritas Association ), voluntary exchange or volunteer center.

More than anyone and every third German from 14 years committed to voluntary, volunteer for other people in Germany. Many of them find their field of activity through its binding to a specific organization, club, association or church in which they are partly due to become large by the binding of the parents or other caregivers. By breaking these bonds and certain environments are more and more people without such a bond in search of a volunteer, volunteer work. Voluntary agencies to contribute to the promotion of volunteering or civic engagement.

It is the link between organizations such as charities, clubs and initiatives that can realize a part of their projects only through the support of volunteers, and the volunteers who want to volunteer. Support of these organizations are churches, charities, free initiatives as well as cities and counties. Voluntary agencies are now available in almost all cities. Although the work of the volunteer centers is usually highly recognized and desirable spot, lacking even in long years of existence in a long- term financing of the work. The respective carrier must derive a significant amount of own resources to the volunteer centers can remain. There is a lack of financing by cities, counties, state government and the federal level.

The search for volunteers or for suitable projects can be very time consuming for the individual. The voluntary agencies the offers are collected and tested for specific standards such as the nature of the project, time, required knowledge, under circumstances expense reimbursements, interests, etc. Location near. Personal conversations with the volunteers and visits to charitable organizations allow rapid and direct distribution. In addition, the voluntary agencies provide a forum for the exchange of volunteers and clubs and charities dar. on social change is received by the targeted approach of organizations and to develop their own consulting projects.

A volunteer agency usually takes the following tasks:

• Information, advice, guidance and placement of volunteers
• Introduction and support of volunteers
• Information and advice to organizations
• Support in the initiation of voluntary projects
• Training courses for primary and Volunteering
• Organization of exchange of experience for volunteers
• Platform for citizen participation and voluntary work culture
• Initiating new and innovative volunteer projects
• Public relations

Volunteers' activities range from support sick to larger projects such as the construction of a children's room or sports field.

Voluntary agencies are often organized at the state level in regional working groups of Voluntary Agencies ( Lagfa ). The association at the federal level is the Federal Association of Voluntary Agencies Association ( bagfa ).