How sport governance impacted on Olympic legacy: a study of unintended consequences and the ‘Sport Makers’ volunteering programmeFootnote^†

† This paper has been developed from a report: Nichols, G., Ferguson, G., Grix, J., & Griffiths, M. (2013). Sport makers – Developing good practice in volunteer and sports development. Retrieved from http://www. http://svrn.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Sport-Makers-Report-4–13.pdf [accessed 21-7-15].

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