An estimated 10040 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 16 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022.

Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 global goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. These goals aim to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. They are important because they provide a framework for addressing some of the world's most pressing challenges, such as poverty, inequality, and environmental degradation, and for ensuring that economic growth and development is inclusive and sustainable for all people. Deedmob supports all SDGs directly or indirectly.

How can volunteering contribute to the SDGs?

Volunteering is essential for the SDGs. Volunteering brings people and communities together to grow, build resilience and develop community responsibility. Social engagement and trust are strengthened through individual and collective volunteer actions. These lead to sustainable and powerful development, for people, by people.

Volunteering also increases civic engagement, inspires others and drives the changes needed to grow the SDGs in communities. Through this civic engagement, volunteering ensures that no one is left behind. The power to reach everyone is essential to localise the SDGs to make sustainability a big deal in local communities as well.

Finally, many SDGs require behavioural and attitudinal changes in ways of living together or consumption, for example. Volunteers, because they are so at the centre of society, inspire communities and facilitate this behavioural change by leading by example. Thus, together, volunteers (organisations) can become pioneers for a sustainable world!

How does Deedmob contribute?

Deedmob's technology empowers volunteer organisations with volunteer-engagement platforms. Our mission is to empower everyone to contribute to a better world. Through our volunteer-engagement platform technology, we facilitate an infrastructure for volunteering, through which individuals, social organisations, nonprofits, charities, companies, schools can find volunteers and connect.

Deedmob believes in measuring the impact of volunteering. A measurement methodology in collaboration with CBS and former prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende was launched in 2020, giving the SDGs a prominent role within the platform. Volunteer activities are automatically linked to the SDGs based on a smart algorithm. With Deedmob, we directly or indirectly contribute to the following SDGs:

SDG 1
NO POVERTY
Goals & Targets

1.4: All men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance,natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance.

1.5: By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those invulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters.



How Deedmob contributes

Supporting the professionalisation of social neighbourhood teams and fostering a strong cooperation with social-, local-, and volunteer organisations.

Empowering partner organisations to offer various types of support to increase self-reliance of vulnerable groups; additional focus on people with a large distance to the labour market.

Facilitating volunteering infrastructure for organisations targeting people or families living under the poverty line. Helping people living under the poverty line includes extra help with necessities of life, such as food, extra help at school or during leisure time, or budget coaching.

On platforms powered by Deedmob, opportunities connected to SDG 1 can be filtered via No Poverty in Causes, SDG 1 in SDGs, and several Practical Activities, such as Food Banks, Teaching, or Language Training.

An estimated 4027 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 1 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022.
SDG 2
ZERO HUNGER
Goals & Targets

2.1: By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round.


How Deedmob contributes

Helping food banks and social restaurants find volunteers and setting up long-lasting relationships between companies and these organisations.

Helping individuals, families or neighbourhoods find volunteers to support with grocery shopping or cooking.

On platforms powered by Deedmob, opportunities connected to SDG 2 can be filtered via SDG 2 in SDGs, and several Practical Activities, such as Food Banks, Grocery Shopping, or Cooking & Eating.

An estimated 3451 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 2 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022.
SDG 3
GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Goals & Targets

3.4: Promoting mental health and wellbeing.


How Deedmob contributes

Numerous scientific articles highlight a positive association between volunteering and wellbeing. Thereby, in a way, all volunteering activities have a direct link to SDG 3.

Supporting multiple social welfare organisations with their volunteering infrastructure.

Our partners facilitate a huge (informal) care network, occupied with the duty of supporting self-reliance of elderly and disabled people; combating loneliness and providing meaningful daytime activities, also in smaller centres.

Fully supporting informal care and volunteering.

On platforms powered by Deedmob, opportunities connected to SDG 3 can be filtered via Community & Family, Health, Wellbeing, Older People, and People with Disabilities in Causes, SDG 3 in SDGs, and several Practical Activities, such as Supporting Others, First Aid, Youth Work, Care Work, Befriending, Support Work, and more.

An estimated 5837 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 3 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022.
SDG 4
QUALITY EDUCATION
Goals & Targets

4.4: By 2030, substantially increase the number of youthand adults who have relevant skills, including technical andvocational skills, for employment, decent jobs andentrepreneurship.

4.7 By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.


How Deedmob contributes

Supporting effective youth work to ease the transition from 18- to 18+.

Stimulating a good connection between education and the local/regional labour market by supporting social internships or MDT.

Offering more language education and further training for refugees and asylum seekers, for both male and female.

Supporting local charities and organisations that promote good education.

On platforms powered by Deedmob, opportunities connected to SDG 4 can be filtered via Education in Causes, SDG 4 in SDGs, and several Practical Activities, such as Transfer Knowledge, Training, Teaching, and Reading & Writing.

An estimated 6998 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 4 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022.
SDG 5
GENDER EQUALITY
Goals & Targets

5.4: Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate.


How Deedmob contributes

Stimulating women participation, including low educated women and women with a migration background, in local activities, the labour market, societal and public offices. With volunteering and #Meedoen.

Supporting local nonprofits and social organisations that promote gender equality.

On platforms powered by Deedmob, opportunities connected to SDG 5 can be filtered via Gender Equality in Causes, SDG 5 in SDGs, and several Practical Activities, such as Promotion and Fundraising and Coordination.

An estimated 2423 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 5 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022.
SDG 6
CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
How Deedmob contributes

Deedmob only indirectly contributes to SDG 6 through helping volunteers to teach or mobilise around this goal.

Examples include WaterAid, fundraising, and local coral preservation and replanting initiatives.

On platforms powered by Deedmob, opportunities connected to SDG 6 can be filtered via SDG 6 in SDGs.

An estimated 905 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 6 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022.
SDG 7
AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY
Goals & Targets

7.1: By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services.


How Deedmob contributes

Deedmob only indirectly contributes to SDG 7. It does so to help find volunteers to teach or mobilise around this goal.

Organisations on the platforms prevent families or inidividuals from being being shut down from energy, for example as an Energy Coach, or as a boardmember in one of these organisations.

On platforms powered by Deedmob, opportunities connected to SDG 7 can be filtered via SDG 7 in SDGs, and Practical Activities, such as Construction, and Electronics.

An estimated 1414 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 7 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022.
SDG 8
DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Goals & Targets

8.2: Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors.

8.6: By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training.

8.8: Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment.


How Deedmob contributes

Fostering active dialogue with business associations and social organisations.

Promoting a safe and secure working environment for all workers.

Trying to buy locally and sustainably as much as possible.

Facilitating volunteering opportunities and partnerships for reintegration and participation in the national economy.

Helping people with a distance to the labour market enter the market with an integral approach, via job coaching or volunteering.

Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility with partners by facilitating online platforms, corporate volunteering, and public-private partnerships.

On platforms powered by Deedmob, opportunities connected to SDG 8 can be filtered via Poverty Reduction in Causes, SDG 8 in SDGs, and Practical Activities, such as Trusteeship & Coordination, Financial, Trusteeship, Business Development, Fundraising, Office Work, or Assistance.

An estimated 3248 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 8 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022.
SDG 9
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Goals & Targets

9.1: Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all.


How Deedmob contributes

Facilitating a digital infrastucture for volunteering.

Increasing digital accessibility to volunteering worldwide.

On platforms powered by Deedmob, opportunities connected to SDG 9 can be filtered via SDG 9 in SDGs, and Practical Activities, such as Trusteeship & Coordination, and Technology & Electronics.

An estimated 1943 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 9 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022.
SDG 10
REDUCED INEQUALITIES
How Deedmob contributes

Improving a more inclusive society by mapping vulnerable groups and joining in an inclusion agenda.

Supporting and taking a leading role in the total care and support process for vulnerable groups and work together actively with volunteer organisations to improve participation of elderly and people with disabilities.

Improving social cohesion in neighbourhoods through connections made in person or online.

Stimulating cultural diversity within Deedmob.

Supporting integration, further training, health and participation of status holders and asylum seekers.

On platforms powered by Deedmob, opportunities connected to SDG 10 can be filtered via Social Justice, Older People, People with Disabilities, and Refugees & Minorities in Causes, SDG 10 in SDGs, and Practical Activities, such as Supporting Others, Coordination, and multiple Languages.

An estimated 1454 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 10 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022.
SDG 11
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
Goals & Targets

11.4: Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage.

11.a: Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas through volunteering.
How Deedmob contributes

Actively help to combat homelessness.

Involve neighbourhood champions to actively involve neighbours in the neighbourhood.

Give attention to citizen initiatives from the Third Sector.

Creating more resilience within communities through volunteering.

Involving Asylum Seekers in Dutch society to become inclusive citizens via #Meedoen

On platforms powered by Deedmob, opportunities connected to SDG 11 can be filtered via Community & Family in Causes, SDG 11 in SDGs, and Practical Activities, such as Construction, Events, and more.

An estimated 3407 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 11 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022.
SDG 12
RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION
Goals & Targets

12.6: Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle.


How Deedmob contributes

Providing digital tools to measure SDG impact of (corporate) volunteering.

By volunteering with organisations that promote sustainable practices, individuals can help to reduce waste, conserve natural resources, and protect the environment.

Assisting in employee engagement strategies to incorporate SDG 12.

On platforms powered by Deedmob, opportunities connected to SDG 12 can be filtered via Nature & Sustainability in Causes, and SDG 12 in SDGs.

An estimated 120 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 12 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022.
SDG 13
CLIMATE ACTION
Goals & Targets

13.1.3: Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies.

13.3: Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning.


How Deedmob contributes

Taking tock in an integral regional/municipal crisis or disaster response with a crisis and volunteer pool.

Encouraging partners to take up climate challenges and generate awareness to give substance to the Climate Accord.

On platforms powered by Deedmob, opportunities connected to SDG 13 can be filtered via Nature & Sustainability in Causes, SDG 13 in SDGs, and Practical Activities such as Clearing Litter, Outdoors, and Transfer Knowledge.

An estimated 2912 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 13 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022.
SDG 14
LIFE BELOW WATER
How Deedmob contributes

Cleaning river deltas, beaches and coastal areas by involving scholars and companies in, for example, clean-up days.

Encouraging public action for cleaning up litter and microplastics, in particular in municipalities close to the coast and rivers (Green Deal Litter, Green Deal Clean Beaches).

On platforms powered by Deedmob, opportunities connected to SDG 14 can be filtered via Nature & Sustainability in Causes, SDG 14 in SDGs, and Practical Activities such as Clearing Litter, Outdoors, Transfer Knowledge, and Data Science.

An estimated 3118 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 14 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022.
SDG 15
LIFE ON LAND
Goals & Targets

15.b: Mobilise resources from all sources and at all levels for sustainable forest management.



How Deedmob contributes

Encouraging public action for cleaning up litter and preserving forests and nature.

Supporting landscape and nature volunteers by providing a volunteering infrastructure.

Encouraging challenges for companies and infrastructure organisations to preserve life on land.

On platforms powered by Deedmob, opportunities connected to SDG 15 can be filtered via Nature & Sustainability in Causes, SDG 15 in SDGs, and Practical Activities such as Clearing Litter, Outdoors, Transfer Knowledge, and Data Science.

An estimated 518 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 15 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022.
SDG 16
PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS
Goals & Targets

16.6: Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels.

16.10: Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements.



How Deedmob contributes

Activating citizens in the neighbourhood for their neighbourhoods, municipality, region, or country.

Strengthening the local societal response.

Helping municipalities with data-driven decision-making through insightful analytics.

Closing the gap between the government and citizens by involving them with the city, also for harder to reach audiences, such as youth, older people and people with disabilities.

Facilitating better digital accessibility of information and making volunteering easier, thereby including everyone in the digital society.

Especially in 2022, the Ukraine War highlighted the need for strong institutions. Many Deedmob partners set up activities to integrate war victims through volunteering.

On platforms powered by Deedmob, opportunities connected to SDG 16 can be filtered via Foreign Aid & Disaster Relief, and Refugees & Minorities in Causes, SDG 16 in SDGs, and Practical Activities such as Supporting Others, Advice & Mentoring, Assistance, Befriending & Support Work.

An estimated 10040 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 16 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022.
SDG 17
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE GOALS
Goals & Targets

17.6: Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism.

17.16: Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries.

17.17: Encourage and promote effective public, public private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships.



How Deedmob contributes

Bringing together local, regional, public, public-private and civil society resources through partnerships.

Engaging with citizens and organisations on how to effectively partner and work together.

Actively promoting cooperation between en with social organisations, educational institutions, companies, and citizens, while supporting other initiatives.

Putting CSR on the municipal and corporate agenda and promoting SDGs with partners.

On platforms powered by Deedmob, opportunities connected to SDG 17 can be filtered via  SDG 17 in SDGs.

An estimated 2570 people signed up for opportunities connected to SDG 17 on any platform powered by Deedmob in 2022. However, the total number is likely much higher as SDG 17 is not included in the SDG model.

More information

Knowledge Session: SDGs and Volunteering with Sandra Pellegrom
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the best way to measure impact globally. Curious about how your organisation can contribute? Get inspired by Sandra Pellegrom, the Dutch National Coordinator for the SDGs in our knowledge session.
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Report Deedmob & CBS: Volunteering and the Sustainable Development Goals
This report, a collaboration between the CBS (Dutch Statistics Agency) and Deedmob, forms the basis of Deedmob's measurement technology to assign volunteering opportunities to the SDGs. This report pioneered SDGs and volunteering in The Netherlands.
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UN Report: How volunteering can contribute to the SDGs
A vital component of achieving the SDGs by 2030 is volunteering. Volunteers encourage mentality changes by increasing awareness, supporting those changes, motivating others, and doing a lot more to stimulate bottom-up action.
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