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Category Archives: Lindsey Metcalf
Prison and probation: Should charity have a role in criminal justice?
The Coalition Government’s announcement of plans to contract out probation services to the private and voluntary sectors last week represents another shift in the ‘moving frontier’ between state and voluntary action. It is likely to fuel debates about the implications of policies … Continue reading
Posted in Forum, Lindsey Metcalf, Politics
Tagged big society, Commissioning, Contracting, criminal justice, Criminology, Moving Frontier, policy, Prison, private sector, Probation
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Spirit of ’45 – A review
The special launch screening of Director Ken Loach’s new film “Spirit of ‘45” was sold out at my local cinema, but this weekend I eventually made it along to watch this documentary charting the creation of the British welfare state. … Continue reading
Posted in Forum, Lindsey Metcalf, Reviews
Tagged film, housing, NHS, social policy, welfare, William Beveridge
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Voluntary Action and the History of Leisure
Bob Snape, VAHS Seminar, 22 October 2012 The new leisure, voluntarism and well-being in interwar Britain Like many concepts and terms associated with the history of voluntary action, the term ‘volunteering’ is contested and can be interpreted in a number … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Forum, Lindsey Metcalf
Tagged drama, events, leisure, recreation, sport, volunteering
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