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Volunteering in the third age: final report
— executive summary: findings and conclusions from the VITA Programme | | Author(s) | Sally Price |
| Corporate Author | Volunteering Initiative in the Third Age (VITA), Women's Royal Voluntary Service - WRVS; Volunteering England |
| Publisher | WRVS, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxon, February 2007 |
| Pages | 8 pp |
| Source | WRVS, Garden House, Milton Hill, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 6AD. Website: www.wrvs.org.uk/vita CSV/RSVP, 237 Pentonville Road, London N1 9NJ. |
| Keywords | Voluntary work [elderly] ; Participation ; Projects. |
| 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). The project - which ran from November 2004 until November 2006 - was established to champion volunteering by older people. This summary outlines findings on measuring the impact of older volunteers, their involvement by field of activity, the benefits of and barriers to participation, and what motivates older people to volunteer. It suggests future areas for research: awareness raising, the physical and mental health benefits of volunteering, and participation across the generations. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070703006 B |
| Classmark | GHH: TMB: 3E |
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