In the early years of VSSN all activities were undertaken on a voluntary basis by the members of the Steering Group (who are the organisation’s trustees), and a few other willing helpers. However, since 2007, VSSN has created the role of Executive Officer which is provided under contract. Since 2010 the Executive Officer role has […]
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Welcome to the new VSSN website
Welcome to the latest update of the VSSN website. It’s very much evolution rather than revolution. VSSN was slightly spread out across the web, with a main website and a separate membership directory, and separate content for new members. We’ve brought all of these together in one place in the updated site. As a network, […]
Day Conference 27 November 2014 – Call for Papers
The next VSSN Day Seminar will take place in Central London on 27 November 2014, 10.30 am to 4pm. The topic is “Money, money, money! Getting and spending in the voluntary sector”. The call for papers is now open. If you would like to propose a paper for the day, please submit an abstract of […]
ChangeUp ten years on – where next?
[This blog is by Rob Macmillan, a VSSN Steering Group member. It originally appeared on the VSSN discussion list] What were you up to ten years ago? On 24th June 2004, it was cold, windy and wet over much of the country, Britney Spears was at Number 1 in the charts, and, plus ca change, […]
Annual Research Conference
The 20th Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference will take place on 10-11 September 2014, Sheffield Hallam University, UK We are now open for bookings. For the conference programme, pricing and details of how to book your place, see the NCVO website. This is the primary UK conference for the voluntary sector and volunteering research […]
Latest Issue of Voluntary Sector Review: March 2014
The latest issue of Voluntary Sector Review, volume 5 number 1, has been published. It includes five research articles, a practice and a policy paper as well as a review article and book reviews. The full table of contents is available here. A print copy of VSR is a membership benefit of VSSN (information about […]
Day Conference 4 June: Volunteering as Leisure, Leisure as Volunteering
The next VSSN Day Seminar is being held on Wednesday 4 June, 10.00am to 5.00pm, hosted by Sheffield University Management School and held in partnership with the Leisure Studies Association (LSA) and the Voluntary Action History Society (VAHS). Bookings are now open, and are being managed by Sheffield University Management School. Bookings close on 23 […]
Free access to Voluntary Sector Review: April only
As a Spring promotion, The Policy Press has made access to Voluntary Sector Research completely free for the whole of April. No usernames or passwords are required, just follow this link and start reading.
Over to You: New Researchers’ Conference 24 April
Learning to present voluntary sector and volunteering research Dissemination is part and parcel of ensuring that research does not collect dust on a shelf. One way of disseminating your research and of raising your organisation”s profile is to present to an interested academic audience. However, this can be very intimidating, particularly for those who are […]
Annual Research Conference: Call for Papers
The 20th Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference will take place on 10-11 September 2014, Sheffield Hallam University, UK This is the primary UK conference for the voluntary sector and volunteering research community. Jointly hosted by VSSN, NCVO and IVR, it showcases new and emerging research and brings together academics, practitioners and policy-makers. We are […]
