REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES RELATED TO VOLUNTEERING
Only a quarter of all volunteers who incurred expenses as a result of their voluntary work had reimbursement available. For those who volunteered for sport and physical recreation organisations only and who paid expenses, 18% had reimbursement available.
5.3 Sport and Physical Recreation and Other Volunteers who Incurred Expenses in Voluntary Work, By whether reimbursement for voluntary work expenses was available |
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| | Sport & physical recreation organisation(s) only | Sport & physical recreation and other organisation(s) | Total sport & physical recreation organisation(s) | Other organisation(s) only | Total volunteers |
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Volunteers ('000) | | | | | |
| Reimbursement available for expenses related to voluntary work | 90.9 | 249.5 | 340.4 | 541.8 | 882.2 |
| Reimbursement not available for expenses related to voluntary work | 408.3 | 586.6 | 994.9 | 1 450.6 | 2 445.5 |
| Total(a) | 510.4 | 871.4 | 1 381.8 | 2 137.3 | 3 519.1 |
Volunteers (%) | | | | | |
| Reimbursement available for expenses related to voluntary work | 17.8 | 28.6 | 24.6 | 25.4 | 25.1 |
| Reimbursement not available for expenses related to voluntary work | 80.0 | 67.3 | 72.0 | 67.9 | 69.5 |
| Total(a) | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
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(a) Includes the category Don't know. |