Thousands of compatriots have already signed the volunteers’ manifesto, which was formulated on the initiative of the Red Cross and the Upper Austrian News – and thus made an important contribution to supporting the concerns of the volunteers. If you still want to catch up on this, you have the opportunity to do so until next Whit Monday (at nachrichten.at/manifest or via the QR code below). The next day, the signatures are handed over to the representatives of the state government.
In order to be able to continue to maintain the high quality of the voluntary work, the volunteers now also need support themselves. The requirements are increasing, while at the same time young people and financial resources are decreasing.
Therefore, the seven aid organizations Red Cross, Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB), volunteer fire brigade, mountain rescue, water rescue, cave rescue and the civil defense association are now demanding help from politicians and society itself. To this end, they have formulated their demands in the manifesto. Some of them are: recognition of voluntary commitment in applications, creation of funding models for companies that support volunteering, creation of a funding pot for the development of volunteering in the state, benefits for volunteers at public companies (baths, thermal baths, …) and installation a voluntary council for rescue and security organizations at the state level.
Source: Nachrichten
