Abstract:
The focus of this paper is to explain the benefits of volunteering from the perspective of
local social development. It is observed that volunteering activism contributes to transform
social development into an action which is conventionally believed to be a goal of economic
development. The authors’ experience in community volunteering programmes
demonstrates that modern volunteering is now, unlike its traditional charitable or
philanthropic meaning, a community level connection-centred action which generates
welfare benefits to the community. It is extensively used in the context of local level
activities of Community-based Organisations. That volunteering activism contributes to
transform social development into an action, especially at grassroots, and energizes
involvement of the community as an active partner in local social development action.
