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Report on December day conference

A report of our day conference held on 1st December 2011 in Southampton is available here. The report also contains links to the presentations (just click on the relevant title). Thanks to the presenters, our hosts and all those who attended for making this an interesting and enjoyable day.

Election for VSSN Steering Group

An election will open shortly for the VSSN Steering Group (the body which runs VSSN). All VSSN members will receive an email inviting them to participate in the election and providing them with a unique link to vote online. You can read the nomination statements of those standing for election here There are currently three […]

Call for nominations: Steering Group and VSR Editorial Management Board elections

VSSN members will receive an email with further information, copied below … Message from Andri Soteri-Proctor, VSSN Secretary Please consider supporting the VSSN by nominating yourself for the VSSN Steering Group or the VSR Editorial Management Board. As a volunteer-led organization, our success relies very much on the commitment and donated time of the VSSN […]

Our day conference in May as seen by WCVA

WCVA reports back on the last VSSN Day Conference held in Milton Keynes and looks at the relevance of the presentations for the Welsh context. The WCVA article focuses more specifically on two of the papers presented at the event: Martha Caddell and Rosemarie Mcilhwan’s paper on internships and Nick Ockenden, Joanna Stuart and Matthew […]

Old technology ditched as new website launches on beta test basis

VSSN has today finally switched off its old website that has relied on last century’s technology for a whole seven years. We’ve been working on a new site for a while and this has now gone live. This follows an alpha testing phase conducted on an internal basis recently. Though we have some known issues […]

More about this year’s annual research conference

A draft programme for this year’s research conference is now available. The programme looks very exciting this year with lots of topical sessions about some of the key issues currently affecting the voluntary and community sector. Don’t forget early booking discounts are available until 29 July.