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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Koski, Pasi, J.

Titel

Professional: The rescuer of the voluntary sport system?

Ist Teil von

• International Sociological Association, 2010

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

Sociological Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In many countries such as Finland, the role of voluntary sports clubs is fundamental in the organised system of sport & physical activity. Societal & cultural changes have shifted the use of time among people & the attitude to the voluntary work is different than two decades ago. Individualisation & the demands of working life, for instance, have created a setting of new kind for the voluntary potential. At the same time the level of demands & expectations from the sports clubs have increased. Professionals have seen as one of the solutions in this challenging setting. In 2009 the Finnish government launched a pilot project. It is the first time in the history when the government directly supports the sports clubs financially. The project gives to 200 sports clubs an opportunity to hire an official. The public support covers mostly 50 per cent of the labour cost. The pilot which will be evaluated rests for 22 months. In this paper, the problems of the first phase are analysed.