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Youth sport volunteering: developing social capital?
journal contribution
posted on 2017-03-24, 15:54 authored by Tess Kay, Steven BradburySteven BradburyThis paper analyses the capacity of youth sport volunteering to contribute to the development of social capital. Following a review of the emergence of social capital as a key theme in UK sport policy, the paper focuses on the ability of a structured sports volunteering programme to equip young people with skills for effective volunteering, and provide opportunities for 'social connectedness' through sports volunteer placements. The study uses survey data (n=160) and qualitative interviews (n=10) with young people to examine how the national Step into Sport programme impacts on participants' personal and skill development, and on their commitment to community involvement. Interviews with education and sport professionals (n=33) provide additional expert perspectives on the programme's impact on participants. Both sets of respondents report strong individual benefits to participants from their involvement, and increased social connectedness in a range of contexts. The paper concludes by considering the implications of the study for claims about the potential contribution of sport to social capital.
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
Sport, Education and SocietyVolume
14Issue
1Pages
121 - 140Citation
KAY, T. and BRADBURY, S., 2009. Youth sport volunteering: developing social capital? Sport, Education and Society, 14 (1), pp.121-140Publisher
© Routledge (Taylor & Francis group)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2009Notes
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Sport, Education & Society on 08/08/2006 available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13573320802615288ISSN
1357-3322eISSN
1470-1243Publisher version
Language
- en