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- Title
Social Inclusion through Volunteering: The Legacy Potential of the 2012 Olympic Games.
- Authors
Nichols, Geoff; Ralston, Rita
- Abstract
Considerations of Olympic Games’ legacies have focused on economic benefits, with little consideration given to the potential legacy from the substantial number of volunteers involved. This article examines the experiences of volunteers in a programme established as a legacy of the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Its results challenge the dominant social inclusion discourse in showing that volunteering provides social inclusion benefits beyond employability by enriching volunteers’ lives and empowering them to make new choices. Recognizing and valuing this would enable ‘social inclusion’ programmes promoting volunteering at major events, such as the 2012 Olympics, to broaden their objectives.
- Subjects
VOLUNTEER service -- Social aspects; OLYMPIC Games; OLYMPIC Games (30th : 2012 : London, England); EMPLOYABILITY; SOCIAL integration; SPECIAL events; VOLUNTEERS
- Publication
Sociology, 2011, Vol 45, Issue 5, p900
- ISSN
0038-0385
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0038038511413413