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| Who volunteers? | | Author(s) | Fiona Wardell, Joyce Lishman, Lawrence J Whalley |
| Journal title | British Journal of Social Work, vol 30, no 2, April 2000 |
| Pages | pp 227-248 |
| Keywords | Voluntary workers ; Voluntary agencies ; Community care ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; Scotland. |
| Annotation | The NHS and Community Care Act 1990 outlined an extended role for volunteers and voluntary organisations in providing services for disabled adults and older people. For organisations which involve volunteers, the expectations of their increased use in service provision present considerable challenges, not least in attracting new recruits and retaining existing volunteers. This paper builds on previous work exploring current practice in volunteering. It examines critically how far reality matches political rhetoric about the role of volunteers in the mixed economy of care, and reviews recent policy. It briefly describes the research methods used and the findings from a survey of 117 active volunteers working with adults with learning difficulties, mental health problems and physical disabilities, and with older people in the north of Scotland. The research examines the demography and personality profiles of volunteers, and their perceptions of volunteering as these relate to motivation, recruitment, selection, training, support, rewards and reasons for leaving. Results are reviewed in relation to policy assumptions about volunteering in the mixed economy of care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000518207 A |
| Classmark | QV: PK: PA: DP: 3F: 9A |
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