Pathways Through Participation » leisure http://pathwaysthroughparticipation.org.uk What creates and sustains active citizenship? Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:59:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Volunteering in sport and culture http://pathwaysthroughparticipation.org.uk/2011/04/volunteering-in-sport-and-culture/ http://pathwaysthroughparticipation.org.uk/2011/04/volunteering-in-sport-and-culture/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:07:51 +0000 Veronique Jochum http://pathwaysthroughparticipation.org.uk/?p=1199 The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has released the findings of its Taking Part survey on public engagement in sport and culture. The report contains some interesting statistics on volunteering and finds that:

Of the respondents who had volunteered over the period April to December 2010, 34.7% had volunteered within the DCMS sectors. The DCMS sector with the most volunteering was sport with 19.8% of people having volunteered in this area. The next most common was the arts with 8.1%. Libraries and archives saw the lowest rates of volunteering with 0.7 % and 0.5 %  respectively.

Between 2005/06 and 2010, there was a statistically significant increase in the number of people volunteering within the arts sector, rising from 6.3 % to 8.1%. The other sectors were largely stable.

]]> http://pathwaysthroughparticipation.org.uk/2011/04/volunteering-in-sport-and-culture/feed/ 0 Two interesting papers just published from The Center for Nonprofit Management and Strategy http://pathwaysthroughparticipation.org.uk/2009/10/two-interesting-papers-just-published-from-the-center-for-nonprofit-management-and-strategy/ http://pathwaysthroughparticipation.org.uk/2009/10/two-interesting-papers-just-published-from-the-center-for-nonprofit-management-and-strategy/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:34:31 +0000 Eddie Cowling http://pathwaysthroughparticipation.org.uk/?p=214 The first paper explores whether volunteering is ‘work’, a prosocial activity, or a leisure or lifestyle activity. Drawing on a national survey in the US, the author finds the data provided weak support for the idea of volunteering as work or a work substitute. Greater support was found for volunteering as prosocial behaviour or volunteering as a leisure or lifestyle activity. Interestingly however, the strongest results related to the continuity of volunteering over time. Thus, as people age, it appears that lifestyle patterns from earlier in their lives influence the activities they select.
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The second paper points out that current ageing policy emphasizes the importance of volunteering and civic engagement as critical elements of successful ageing. It provides a historical overview of this strategy and describes three predictions about civic engagement and volunteerism among baby boomers.
See the paper here

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