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Volunteering
 — widening horizons in the third age
Author(s)Justin Davis Smith
Corporate AuthorVolunteer Centre UK; Carnegie United Kingdom Trust
PublisherCarnegie United Kingdom Trust, Dunfermline, 1992
Pages63 pp (Carnegie inquiry into the third age, research paper no 7)
SourceBailey Management Services, 127 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2BL
KeywordsOlder people ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Voluntary work [elderly].
AnnotationThe Carnegie Inquiry into the Third Age was set up to consider issues affecting the lives, work and livelihood of older people between the ages of 50 and 74. This report presents findings from research into volunteering among older people. Discusses informal volunteering, benefits and drawbacks of volunteering, attitudes of older people and barriers to involving older volunteers. (AKM).
Accession NumberCPA-921019013 B
ClassmarkB: F: GHH

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