volunteer activity
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volunteer
noun[C]
uk/ˌvɒl.ənˈtɪər/us/ˌvɑː.lənˈtɪr/
a person who does something, especially helping other people, willingly and without being forced or paid to ...
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activity
noun
uk/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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A new feature ofvolunteeractivitywas the greater use of drills and military discipline.
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This dimension ofvolunteeractivityfar outweighs the replacement costs of delivering services.
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Tandon was again building on his interest involunteeractivity.
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Entering number of non-kin in the equation reduced the effect ofvolunteeractivity, presumably because volunteering increased the size of the personal network.
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A new appointment in training and development could also play a major role in integrating and co-ordinatingvolunteeractivity.
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However, there was a total nationally of over 18,000 volunteers, and only three counties had novolunteeractivity.
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We shall examine the identification and resolution of barriers that prevent some people from engaging involunteeractivity.
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Does he envisage that subsection (3) would involve a piece of paper to show a variation in the contract between the user and the provider of thevolunteeractivity?
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This will includevolunteeractivity.
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Examples would include participation in a choir, soccer team, or some groupvolunteeractivity.
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The company offers employees opportunities to contribute financially or by supportingvolunteeractivityduring paid company hours.
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Radio monitoring is avolunteeractivitywhere retired people can actively volunteer in a sometimes exciting activity and retired volunteers provide the backbone of the radio monitoring service.
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They went to volunteer activities after work; there was an enormous enthusiasm.
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As the evidence presented in this paper demonstrates, many informal volunteer activities are reciprocal interactions that are embedded in family and community relationships.
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Telephone help-lines can also increase the number of opportunities for older people to engage in volunteer activities that, in turn, may give them positive health outcomes.
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Since there is no ceiling to the art of human relationships, even veteran volunteers experience a sense of continual learning and self-growth through their volunteer activities.
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Similarly, attending church regularly or engaging in volunteer activities might promote greater age-integration, if these occur in age-heterogeneous contexts.
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There are, however, no policy initiatives at any level of government to galvanise seniors into volunteer activities.
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Model 2 shows that respondents who were engaged in labour force or volunteer activities were more likely than others to have younger non-kin in their networks.
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