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Active ageing : putting policy into practice
— the implications of the BGOP/RSVP Older Volunteers Initiative evaluation | | Author(s) | Annette Boaz, Carol Hayden, Francesca Taylor |
| Corporate Author | Local Government Centre, University of Warwick; Better Government for Older People - BGOP |
| Publisher | Local Government Centre, University of Warwick, Warwick, 2000 |
| Pages | 43 pp (BGOP Research Paper 4) |
| Source | Local Government Centre, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL. |
| Keywords | Voluntary work [elderly] ; Voluntary agencies ; Projects ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | The Better Government for Older People (BGOP) programme aims "to improve public services for older people by better meeting their needs, listening to their views and encouraging and recognising their contribution". This paper draws on the evaluation of a subset of BGOP pilots that received funding from the Home Office Older Volunteers Initiative OVI) to promote active ageing through volunteering. It starts with an overview of the current debates on active communities and active ageing, and a description of OVI. The evaluation findings consider aspects of participation (or non-participation) in OVI; the influence of OVI on the lives of people in the community; and funding and sustainability of OVI pilots. Implications of the findings for the government's agenda on active ageing are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090512205 B |
| Classmark | GHH: PK: 3E: 4C |
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