Volunteering in leisure
Subtitle: marginal or inclusive?
By: edited by Margaret Graham, Malcolm Foley
Series: LSA publication -- no. 75; Publication (Leisure Studies Association (Great Britain)) -- no. 75.
Publisher: Leisure Studies Association
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Eastbourne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
ISBN-13: 9780906337868
Subjects: Volunteer workers in recreation; Congresses; Voluntarism
Other titles: Leisure volunteering
Description: Articles challenging commonly held opinions on volunteers and the unpaid working sector.
Notes: "The articles ... originate from the authors' presentations to the Leisure Studies Association conference ... hosted by Glasgow Caledonian University in July 2000"--Page v.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Volunteering; title: mainstream and marginal: preserving the leisure experience / Robert A. Stebbins; title: Research questions for volunteering in leisure / Geoff Nichols and Richard Garrett; title: Volunteering, citizenship and action research / Josephine Burden; title: Volunteerism in sports coaching; title: a Tayside study / Christine Nash; title: The role of museum volunteering in relieving social isolation / Margaret Graham; title: The strategic responses of voluntary sports clubs to Sport England's Lottery Fund / Richard Garrett; title: The motivation and retention of front-of-house volunteers at museums and heritage attractions / Kirsten Holmes.