First and foremost, I want to thank my family and loved ones for their sup- port with my career and always keeping my feet firmly on the ground. All of those who mean so much to me know who they are – thank you.
Second, this book represents the final stage and step beyond an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Future Research Leader Award (2014–2017). I want to thank the ESRC for their financial support of my early career and especially that award [ES/L009315/I]. Although the research for this book has now taken me beyond the example of National Citizen Service (NCS), unpublished data from that project features in Chapter 7. I therefore want to gratefully acknowledge Dr Catherine Waite’s role as PDRA on the linked research project that formed part of my ESRC fellowship. I also wish to acknowledge ESRC support via ES/F00737X/1, as unpublished data from that research on The Scouts now features in Chapter 5. Thanks are extended to The Scouts Heritage Service for kind permission to reference original material in Chapter 5. Furthermore, I am grateful for a School Fellowship from Loughborough University that supported research activities also underpinning this book.