1st Panel in Ulm, thesis summary on subject “Voluntary work”

  1. What is voluntary work? Activities that are carried out for the common good of the society or needy people, without financial reward or reimbursement of expenses.
  2. The expenses connected with carrying out voluntary work must be reimbursed by the organization for which the volunteer works. At the same the organization should have the possibility to get such reimbursements back over tax reliefs or similar. The request on the politicians is therefore to provide such organizations with more funds, so that they can reward voluntary work better.
  3. Times of voluntary work activity should, analogous to times spent with bringing up children, be added to the rent contribution times.
  4. An obligatory social year should be introduced for young people – after the abolition of the Army civil service (in Germany young men had a choice to serve either in an army or provide voluntary work in social establishments. This option ceases as from March 2011  the army service will be only voluntary). A part of this time should be dedicated to work in old people’s homes and old people’s care establishments.

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