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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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

The latest issue of Voluntary Sector Review, volume 4 number 3, has been published. It includes a new debate section with four responses to Antonin Wagner’s article in the previous issue. The full table of contents is available here. A print copy of VSR is a membership benefit of VSSN (information about joining can be […]

In November VSSN submitted a response to the consultation on the proposed new Charities SORP, due to take effect from 2015 (the SORP is the formal standard for charity accounting and reporting in the UK and Ireland). Our submission focused on the use of charity accounts by those conducting research on the sector and the […]

A series of reports and materials – including Marilyn Taylor’s plenary talk – relating to September’s Annual Conference are now available here. A report and presentations from November’s Day conference is available here. Looking ahead the next Day Conference will take the form of a joint event with the Leisure Studies Association and the Voluntary […]

VSSN will hold its tenth Annual General Meeting during the Day Conference on November 28th. You can find the agenda for this meeting here. This includes links to the minutes of the ninth AGM and the Annual Report for 2012-13.

An election is now open for the Steering Group of VSSN. It will close on Monday 11th November. The Steering Group is the body which runs VSSN. You can find more about the current group and their roles here. Vacancies arise from the completed terms of Mike Aiken, Chris Cornforth and Andri Soteri-Proctor. Four nominations […]