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Motion · S6M-19012 · 22 Sep 2025

Welcoming the Release of the 2024 Scottish Household Survey Results

Lodged by Jeremy Balfour Standard Motion 11 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the release of the 2024 Scottish Household Survey results; celebrates the increase of the overall formal volunteering participation rate to 25% of adults in Scotland who responded, up from a record low of 18% in 2023; considers that the crisis in volunteering participation has represented a critical challenge for the more than 46,500 voluntary organisations in Scotland, which are sustained by the efforts of volunteers; further considers that the publication of this new data highlights major ongoing challenges, most notably the participation gap between disabled and non-disabled people, which has risen to 10%, and the participation gap between people living in the least and most deprived areas of Scotland, which has risen to 15%; hopes that these findings can represent the start of a sustained long-term recovery for the voluntary sector, and believes that more must be done to ensure full representation of people from all backgrounds among Scotland’s volunteers.

Supporters (11)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.