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Offloading social care responsibilities: recent experiences of local voluntary organisations in a remote urban centre in British Columbia, Canada

2007; Wiley; Volume: 15; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00693.x

1365-2524

Neil Hanlon, Mark W. Rosenberg, Rachael Clasby,

Homelessness and Social Issues

Health & Social Care in the CommunityVolume 15, Issue 4 p. 343-351 Offloading social care responsibilities: recent experiences of local voluntary organisations in a remote urban centre in British Columbia, Canada Neil Hanlon PhD, Neil Hanlon PhD Geography Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia andSearch for more papers by this authorMark Rosenberg PhD, Mark Rosenberg PhD Department of Geography, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorRachael Clasby BA, Rachael Clasby BA Geography Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia andSearch for more papers by this author Neil Hanlon PhD, Neil Hanlon PhD Geography Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia andSearch for more papers by this authorMark Rosenberg PhD, Mark Rosenberg PhD Department of Geography, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorRachael Clasby BA, Rachael Clasby BA Geography Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia andSearch for more papers by this author First published: 19 February 2007 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00693.xCitations: 17 Neil Hanlon Geography Program University of Northern British Columbia 3333 University Way Prince George BC V2N 4Z9 CanadaE-mail: hanlon@unbc.ca Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Abstract Services offered by voluntary organisations are an integral but often overlooked component of health and social care. Of late, there has been a renewed interest in voluntary welfare provision as a viable alternative to state and market. Recent developments in welfare provision in Canada appear to have brought greater social care roles for the voluntary sector at the same time as new and arguably more restrictive funding and accountability mechanisms are being imposed by different arms of the state. To explore these issues more closely, the present paper examines the impressions and experiences of voluntary and formal sector providers of services for senior citizens and people with disabilities in a remote urban centre (population less than 100 000) in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. Two important operational pressures provide the context of the analysis: (1) reform of provincial government funding and regulation of voluntary services; and (2) the restructuring of welfare provision, especially in the areas of health care and social services. The authors found evidence of an escalating incursion of the state into local voluntary sector affairs that needs to be understood in the context of long-standing institutional links between government and 'professional' voluntary welfare provision in British Columbia. The results point to three important directions in contemporary local voluntary provision: (1) an emerging ethos of accountability, efficiency and competition in voluntary provision; (2) increasing pressure to centralise volunteer services; and consequently, (3) the potential erosion of flexibility and personalisation that are seen to characterise the voluntary sector. Citing Literature Volume15, Issue4July 2007Pages 343-351 RelatedInformation