Social models in leg care: understanding Lindsay Leg Club volunteering

Galazka, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4376-1980 2023. Social models in leg care: understanding Lindsay Leg Club volunteering. Wounds UK 19 (1) , pp. 11-16.

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Abstract

Background: This qualitative exploratory research was the first study to explore Leg Club volunteering through focusing specifically on volunteers’ narratives. Aims: The aim was to understand volunteers’ motivations and experiences and to outline the crucial steps for maintaining volunteers’ positive trajectory towards providing social support. Methods: A qualitative study based on semi-structured interviewees with 16 volunteers from three UK Leg Clubs was undertaken. Interview transcripts were analysed using a constructivist reflexive thematic analysis. Results: The study explained the motivations for volunteering (started as members or companions; retired individuals with a strong sense of purpose; emotional, social and mental health reasons), experiences of volunteering (satisfaction from helping; meaningful social connections; personal growth) and volunteers’ objectives (desire to recruit more volunteers; concerns about long-term capacity to return to pre-pandemic activities). Conclusions: The study outlines the conditions necessary for Leg Club volunteers’ continued success in the social dimension of leg care. Declaration of Interest: Dr Anna Galazka is a volunteer project consultant for the Lindsay Leg Club Foundation. The research was funded by Cardiff Business School Research and Scholarship Seedcorn Funding Scheme.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Publisher:	OmniaMed Communications
ISSN:	1746-6814
Funders:	Cardiff Business School Research and Scholarship Seedcorn Funding Scheme
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 February 2023
Date of Acceptance:	11 January 2023
Last Modified:	03 May 2023 07:52
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/156508

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