Where have all the volunteers gone?

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Volunteers are the heart and soul of any community sporting organisation - but the number of people putting their hands up to help out at the local rugby ground or table tennis club is on the decline. Coaching roles, so often filled by volunteers, are increasingly vacant or stretched, with one estimate being a loss of forty percent of volunteers in the past few years. Still, there are people out there giving their time and energy to the sports and communities they love. Emile speaks to Ailsa Carroll, a volunteer at the Sei Tou Ken Yu Kai Canterbury Kendo Club, about why it's so fulfilling.

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