Social bet strengthens voluntary commitment in Upper Franconia

"Want to bet that your organisation will not manage to recruit at least three new volunteers to support your activities within a period of three months? - With this betting announcement and a stake of up to 1,400 euros per winning bet, the Adalbert-Raps-Stiftung has been challenging non-profit organisations in Upper Franconia since mid-September last year to find new supporters for volunteering.

Organisations win over 200 new volunteers for Upper Franconia

Although not all betting partnerships have been concluded at this point in time, the overwhelming interim result already illustrates the relevance of the "social bet" initiative: While at this point in time 23 of the 30 bets have already been successfully concluded and thus more than 200 new volunteers have already been won for Upper Franconia, it looks very much as if the remaining bets will also end in favour of the respective organisation by the end of the betting period at the beginning of March.

In order to support the other 7 betting partners in winning the "social bet" and to strengthen social commitment in Upper Franconia in this way, all citizens are called upon to apply for voluntary work with the participating organisations.

We present all participating betting partners and their vacant engagement positions on the Facebook page of Adalbert-Raps-Stiftung!

The most important information in brief:

• Social bet:
  The Adalbert-Raps-Stiftung bets that organisations will not manage to recruit at least three new volunteers to support their respective services within a period of three months.
• Betting target/object:
  The "social bet" is considered fulfilled as soon as the respective betting partner has been able to win at least three new volunteers for its offer.
  The new volunteers also include supporters who have so far only been passive members, ideal supporters or similar and now want to get actively involved, as well as members who are already active in the organisation and who take on a new office or participate in a new area of responsibility/project.
• Wager:
  With the third volunteer supporter won and the betting target thus reached, the respective betting partner receives a sponsorship in the amount of 500 euros. For every fourth to sixth volunteer won, the foundation supports with an additional 100 euros and for every seventh to tenth even with 150 euros. In total, the participating organisations can receive up to 1,400 euros in funding.
  
• Betting period:
  The betting period is three months. The start of the betting period is agreed individually with the respective betting partner, but must be in the calendar year 2020.

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According to the invitation to tender, participation in the "social bet" was possible until 31.12.2020. In addition, the maximum number of thirty betting partnerships has been awarded. For this reason, further applications can unfortunately no longer be considered.