Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur
decreased willingness to donate to charity for participants
gesellschaftliche Partizipation
Interestingly, whilst the effects of undertaking social action projects in the past strongly motivate a desire to volunteer in future, the opposite was true of donations. It was found that those who had taken part in the initiative donated significantly less money to charity than their peers who had not taken part in the initiative. Treatment students gave almost 16% less money than those in the control group.
Beschreibung der Aktivität
Citizenship Foundation, Community Service Volunteers, Envision, Voluntary Action Within Kent
Organisations working with young people funded by the Youth Social Action Fund, working across the country on a diverse range of social action projects targeted at young people in a variety of settings: teaching young people what is entailed in citizenship, enabling people to take an active role in their communities by volunteering or mentoring young people, creating awareness for social and environmental problems.
Großbritannien
young people aged 10-20
teilnehmende Kinder und Jugendliche
Evaluierung der Aktivität
It was decided that randomised controlled trials would be used to determine programme impact. By taking a large enough group of trial participants, it is possible to allocate participants such that some receive "treatment" (in this case, participation in a social action initiative) and some do not. Those that do not are referred to as the "control" group.