Volunteers, families and children in need: An evaluation of Family Friends

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-155

  Parrott, Lester ^a   Buchanan, Julian ^a   Williams, Debbie ^a  

^a GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child protection; Family support; Service users; Volunteers; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645532853     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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