TRUSTEES' REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2022
20 Total number of volunteers by quarter
(averages, allowing for starters and leavers)
Total number of volunteer hours donated
* not complete data - reported by a limited number of volunteers across 16 sites
Standout activities by role
Volunteers by role
Key features of 2022
l The volunteering team structure was reviewed and redesigned. The
business case for the new volunteer experience team was signed off by
the RSPCA Board in December 2022.
l The emerging cost-of-living crisis and fuel crisis (March 2022) became of
increasing concern to the volunteering team and was monitored closely.
l Volunteers Week 1-7 June 2022 was a highlight of the year with content
shared across internal and external platforms including Instagram quizzes,
a video from a veterinary nurse student and a 'team talk' from one of
our specialist seal rehab volunteers.
l We carried out an audit of inactive microvolunteers in the last quarter
who had not completed a task in the previous 12 weeks. Following a full
review and an opportunity for volunteers to re-engage with the RSPCA,
3,873 volunteers were removed, hence the drop in overall volunteer
numbers in the final quarter of 2022.
Volunteering summary 2022
INSPECTORATE
SUPPORT
4,020
MICROVOLUNTEERS
2,230
ANIMAL CENTRES*
20,635
INSPECTORATE
ANIMAL COLLECTIONS
2,159
MICROVOLUNTEERING
TASKS
4,556
ANIMAL CENTRE
VOLUNTEER NUMBERS
1,985
PRO BONO
VOLUNTEER NUMBERS
56
INSPECTORATE
VOLUNTEER NUMBERS
298
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4*
*following audit