Happy to help: the welfare effects of a nationwide micro-volunteering programme

Happy to help: the welfare effects of a nationwide micro-volunteering programme This report estimates the wellbeing benefits from volunteering for England’s NHS Volunteer Responders programme which was set up in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It found that active volunteers report significantly higher life satisfaction, feelings of worthwhileness, social connectedness, and belonging to their local communities. A social welfare analysis shows that the benefits of the programme were at least 140 times greater than its costs. London School of Economics and Political Science