Housing association De Samenwerking made three homes in the South available to refugees with official status. Some neighbors took on the role of providing support. Syrian refugee Shams and mentor Harry share their experiences.
Customer Satisfaction Survey
Earlier this year, we sent a survey to the volunteers who used our services in 2019 and asked for their opinion. Here are the main outcomes summarized.
How is Volunteer Center Amsterdam (VCA) found?
– 83.5% came to VCA on their own initiative; most people know us through the internet (59%) or through friends/acquaintances (14.5%), through an advertisement or social media (6.5%), or a market or information session (3.5%).
– 12.1% were referred by the municipality, a reintegration agency, the UWV, or another institution.
What is it used for?
| Online job board | 88.5% |
| Newsletter | 69.2% |
| Weekly Job Newsletter | 67.5% |
| Mediation conversation | 54.4% |
| Orientation Evening | 34.2% |
Did you find what you were looking for through VCA?
| Yes | 57.9% |
| Not yet, but I expect to find this. | 27.4% |
| No | 14.7% |
95.9%
Says to have been received hospitably at VCA
81.9%
believes that VCA has a good and wide range of job vacancies and that this is a useful tool for finding volunteer work.
3.9%
find the offer too much and 10.1% find it difficult to find volunteer work through this channel.
Getting started?
46% is currently active as a volunteer through us.
The welfare sector is the most popular (33.3%), followed by healthcare (29.6%), arts and culture (25.9%), education (20.2%), charities (9.8%), events (7.7%), and nature and environment (6.7%).
84.6% find this very satisfying or satisfying. 1% is currently not satisfied.