Volunteer Burnout

The People's Countryside Environmental Debate Podcast · Jan 24, 2023 · 10m

Another great question from one of our long standing listeners, this time it’s from Ivy, in Worthing, West Sussex, England. The question is as follows: “Is there a shortage of volunteers now, in our societal hour of need? Are people fed up with volunteering, maybe having done loads of it during the Covid situation?” The discussion between your co-hosts Stuart and William mainly revolves around why people perhaps volunteered more during the initial stages of Covid, together with why there now could be a shortage in volunteers, which could be due to burnout, the impact of Brexit, or also due to…