The voluntary welfare associations in Germany: An overview



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11.000 places provided for young people in a „voluntary year of social service.46
The
voluntary workers cover different areas of activity:47

Voluntary workers and their different areas of activity

Board of Directors ! Management
Assistanceto Individuals
Assistance to Groups
TedinicalAssfstanceJ Housekeeping
Planning/ Implementation OfMeasures

OrganisationJAdministratioii /PR
Transport
i Driving Services
Fundraising
TrainingJEducation
Mises Ianecus

Sooce Detnr⅛r Ca rasrabτ⅛ !И0

The economic importance of the voluntary welfare associations is considerable:48

annual increase in value: > 50 billion €. In Bremen: 3 % of the GDP 200549.

total volume of income: appr. 70 billion € p.a., 4,5 % of the national wage bill.

very high employment rate for women (> 70 %) and a high rate of part-time work
(41 %).

predominant funding by the public: > 80 % remuneration for services and grants-
in-aid.

2.4 Sources of Financing

Consistent with the principle of subsidiarity the German nonprofit sector including the
voluntary welfare associations receives the bulk of its revenue from public sector
50
sources.

46 BAGFW 2003: 13: BAGFW 2002: 78-79.

47 BAGFW 2003: 17.

48 Boeβenecker, 2007:3, BAGFW 2002: 95-97.

49 Schneider 2008: 13-14.

50 Priller/Zimmer/Anheier/Toepler/Salamon 1999: 109; Priller/Zimmer 2001: 209-220. But in contrast to
the voluntary welfare associations only about one-third of all nonprofit organizations in Germany re-
ceive the majority of their funding from the public sector: Priller/Zimmer/Anheier/Toepler/Salamon
1999: 113. See to the funding of social service: Dahme/Schütter/Wohlfahrt 2008:114-129.



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