Expectations about the contribution that volunteering can make are at a new high. This book
aims to meet this interest by bringing together in one volume what is known about the …

Policy interest in the role of volunteering as a route to employment is enduring, with an
assumption that links between volunteering, employability and employment are positive and …

In this article, we argue that if the principal aim of a volunteering programme is to provide a
route into employment, its effectiveness can be improved if the participants acquire the …

In this section of the working paper we will review existing definitions of volunteering and
look at the extent to which bottom-up, lay or popular views match those top down views …

This report is based on findings from a study of volunteer management capacity in organisations
across England. The study was funded by Capacitybuilders as part of the ChangeUp …

This Research Note applies the concept of ‘resilience’to explore how Neighbourhood
Networks in Leeds in the UK–37 local community organisations supporting older people–…

In the context of a mixed economy of welfare, public policy in the UK and elsewhere has
long promoted third sector involvement in delivering public services. A growing research …

… One study reported that 32 per cent of TSOs had no dedicated funding for volunteer support
and only 46 per cent resourced it through their core budget (Machin and Ellis Paine, 2008a). …

IMPACT This article suggests why a different approach may be required for commissioning
services from third sector providers than from, say, corporate or public providers. English …

It is a happy thought that ‘volunteering has never had it so good’ in terms of government’s
interest and support (Commission on the Future of Volunteering, 2008: p. 3), but this hopeful …