Volunteer participation in community care

Martin Knapp, Vasiliki Koutsogeorgopoulou, Justin Davis Smith (1996)

Policy and Politics 24 2 171-192

https://doi.org/10.1332/030557396782107124

Abstract

Volunteer inputs to community care (health and social services) are important in the developing mixed economy of welfare. And community care is a common locus for volunteering activity in the UK. But who are these volunteers? And what factors motivate