Editor Angela Mulvehill said: "a survey conducted by v, the independent,national youth volunteering organisation, last year showed that youngpeople are passionate about sport, with 16- to 25-year-olds ranking itas one of their top three passions."
"Little wonder then that sports volunteering is popular too, with a 2005Russell Commission survey showing that nearly half of all volunteeringby young people is sports volunteering - high given that sportsvolunteering accounts for a quarter of volunteering across all agegroups."
One of the main strengths of sports volunteering is that it can offermeaningful opportunities to a wide variety of young people - even thosewith negative connotations caused by bad experiences at school.
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