WORLD LEISURE ORGANIZATION

Country: United States of America

Website: http://www.worldleisure.org

 

Founded in 1952, World Leisure, is a world-wide, non-governmental association of persons and organizations dedicated to discovering and fostering those conditions best permitting leisure to serve as a force for human growth, development and well-being. Access to meaningful leisure experiences is no less than the need for shelter, education, employment and fundamental health care. Yet, improving the quality of life does not occur by chance. Rather it happens through the joint efforts of our policy makers, our leisure professionals, and our public and private sector program providers. What do we do? •We foster inquiry: Research and scholarship to discover the personal and social potentialities of leisure experiences. •We share what we know: Formal and informal dissemination of knowledge and information •We engage in informed advocacy: By advocating for conditions optimizing leisure experiences: legislation, infrastructure, leadership, and programming.