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A golden opportunity — a guide to attracting and retaining older volunteers
Author(s)	Janet Rutherford
Corporate Author	Volunteering Initiative in the Third Age (VITA), Women's Royal Voluntary Service - WRVS; REACH; Home Office
Publisher	REACH, London, November 2006
Pages	31 pp
Source	REACH, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP. VITA website: www.wrvs.org.uk/vita
Keywords	Voluntary work [elderly] ; Participation ; Projects ; Guides, guide books.
Annotation	The Volunteering Initiative in the Third Age (VITA) is a project funded variously by the Home Office and the Cabinet Office, and co-ordinated by the Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS). VITA's aim is to increase awareness of the value and impact of older volunteers and improve their volunteering experience, by facilitating the sharing of best practice across the voluntary and community sector. This guide aims to address some of the misconceptions and to highlight the benefits of making more use of older volunteers. It presents tips and practical advice to help organisations in attracting, recruiting, motivating and retaining older volunteers. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070703004 B
Classmark	GHH: TMB: 3E: 69N
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