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The perceived benefits of participating in volunteer and educational activities
- Authors:
- MORROW-HOWELL Nancy, KINNEVY Susan, MANN Marylen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 32(2), 1999, pp.65-80.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Outlines a programme evaluation of OASIS, a national non-profit organisation in the USA, which provides educational and volunteer opportunities to people over the age of 55. The survey results indicated that older adults perceive that they benefit from participation in these activities.
Building a registry of research volunteers among older urban African Americans: recruitment processes and outcomes from a community-based partnership
- Authors:
- CHADIHA Letha A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 51(S1), June 2011, pp.S106-S115.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
In this article, the authors describe recruitment strategies for increasing older black and minority adults' participation in health research through health educational community outreach. The study used a community-based participatory research framework and examined a community-based partnership between academic researchers and older urban African-Americans. The recruitment activities were in the context of the Healthier Black Elders Center (part of the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research, which provides community outreach health education to older African American residents of inner-city Detroit), and recruitment to a research volunteer registry. The article discusses the study's retrospective case design and methodology, evaluation of the recruitment process, procedures for building a registry of research volunteers, and the annual total of elderly enrollees in the volunteer registry from 2003 to 2009. It includes a logic model illustrating the recruitment processes and outcomes. The results showed that the annual total count of enrollees participating in the research volunteer registry grew each year over 7 years, increasing from 102 to 1,273.
Seniors as volunteers: an international perspective on policy
- Author:
- BALDOCK Cora Vellekoop
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 19(5), September 1999, pp.581-602.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Describes and contrasts public policies regarding the participation of older people in volunteer work in the countries of the United States, Australia and the Netherlands. Data were collected in 1997-98 through analysis of policy documents and through 50 interviews with researchers, policy makers and volunteer co-ordinators. The study found considerable differences between the three countries in the provision of government policies and programmes for senior volunteering. Concludes that such differences can be explained in the context of the definition of seniors' social participation employed by policy-makers in each country.
Voluntary links: involving volunteers in developing contacts between residential establishments and the wider community
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Social Care Association
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- Surbiton
Advocacy, consumerism and the older person: papers from a seminar organised by the Centre for Social Gerontology, University of Keele ... 26-28 March 1990
- Editors:
- BERNARD Miriam, GLENDINNING Frank
- Publisher:
- Beth Johnson Foundation/University of Keele. Centre for Social Gerontology
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 73p.
- Place of publication:
- Stoke-on-Trent
Includes papers on: volunteers as advocates and approaches to advocacy, as well as six papers describing examples of good practice.
Rural Wisdom evaluation: key findings, January 2021
- Author:
- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR INCLUSION
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 10
- Place of publication:
- Bath
This document shares the key findings from the five original communities, at the end of Stage 1 of Rural Wisdom. Rural Wisdom is a five-year National Lottery funded project exploring the impact of community-based activities that are led by older people living in rural areas in Scotland and Wales. In this first stage Development Workers have been working closely with older people and the community to identify and address the key issues, achieve the project outcomes and create sustainable change. Key findings include: older people are more likely to be motivated to use their skills and experience to lead change if they feel the activity is one that is wanted by the community and they can see results for their time and effort; Development Workers are a vehicle for change – they are engaged with their community and so are aware of issues and needs and can facilitate contact with public services or organisations so older people can engage directly to influence provision; older people need links to people running all sorts of services to be able to voice their views and ideas; transport is vital for many older people to be able to get to health services and activities in their community; it is important that older people know where to get information on community activities and public services. Older people are contributing to rural communities in a variety of ways: through volunteering both formally and informally; by building connections with others in the community and participating socially; through having a voice and actively campaigning for change or improvements; by caring for other people; through imparting their knowledge and experiences to help improve services or passing on their skills and expertise to others in the community. (Edited publisher abstract)
Productive aging via volunteering: does social cohesion influence level of engagement?
- Authors:
- JOHNSON Kimberly J., LATHAM-MINTUS Kenzie, POEY Judith L.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 61(8), 2018, pp.817-833.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study investigated whether neighborhood social cohesion influenced volunteer intensity over two years. The sample was drawn from Health and Retirement Study respondents who completed the 2010 or 2012 Psychosocial and Lifestyle Questionnaire (n = 12,929). Results showed that compared to nonvolunteers, a one-unit increase in neighborhood social cohesion increased the odds of moderate (OR: 1.07, p < .05) and high volunteering (OR: 1.10, p < .001). However, other productive roles, social contact, and education were significant in distinguishing high intensity from moderate volunteering while neighborhood social cohesion was not. Social workers should consider the neighborhood environment when recruiting volunteers. (Edited publisher abstract)
Involving volunteers from underrepresented groups: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Survey evidence suggests that young people, older people, unemployed people, disabled people and people from black and other minority ethnic communities are underrepresented as volunteers in mainstream organisations. Researched carried out by the National Centre for Volunteering found that some organisations have addressed the barriers that face potential volunteers from these groups and secured their involvement through the adoption of practical measures and a real commitment to equality of opportunity.
Spreading the word
- Author:
- DOYLE Mick
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 11.8.94, 1994, p.12.
Describes how a team in Hammersmith and Fulham made up of consumers and providers from the voluntary and statutory sectors work to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS among people over 50.
Outcomes of the active at 60 community agent programme: research report
- Authors:
- HATAMIAN Areenay, PEARMAIN Daniel, GOLDEN Sarah
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 103p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Active at 60 Community Agents programme was a Department for Work and Pensions fund to encourage community groups and their volunteers to help people approaching and post retirement (particularly those at risk of social isolation and loneliness in later life) to stay or become active and positively engaged with society. It was launched in March 2011 and ran until December 2011. This evaluation of the programme included surveys and interviews with local funders, group leaders, community agents (volunteers whose role aimed to empower and support older people to become and/or stay active) and older people. The report describes the background and methodology of the study and presents the findings, covering the role of Community Agents, reaching and engaging older people, what groups did with the funding, what difference the programme made to older people who took part and wider benefits, the legacy of the programme, and the role of local funders and programme management. It also discusses how far the programme achieved its aims and sets out key lessons learned.