Booking for the 2021 Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference is now open. Please use this link to access the Aston University booking site: https://store.aston.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/aston-business-school/aston-business-school-events/2021-voluntary-sector-and-volunteering-research-conference This year, we have decided to make access for those working at voluntary organisations slightly easier. So VSSN members and anyone from a voluntary, community, social enterprise or faith organisation […]
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Voluntary Sector Studies Network (VSSN) Online Day Conference: Volunteering in a Global Pandemic
VSSN Spring Day Conference Report: Volunteering in a Global Pandemic This year’s Voluntary Sector Studies Network (VSSN) Spring day conference was hosted by the Institute for Volunteering Research at University of East Anglia in Norwich, hosted in collaboration with the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) and the International Forum for Volunteering in Development (FORUM) […]
Seminar 3: Emotion and Feelings in Voluntary Sector Work: Thursday 1st July (10am – 12.30pm) 2021 Register now!!
Here are the details for the third and final seminar in our series. Emotion and feelings in community, voluntary and social enterprise sector work! It will run 10 – 12.30 am on Thursday 1st July. Join us, contribute to the discussions, and make contact with other people in a wider network who are interested in […]
Place Leadership Revisited – Phil Barton
Partnerships in Environmental Regeneration in North West England 1980 – 2010: a Practitioner Perspective There is no longer any doubt that we are facing climate and ecological catastrophe if we fail to change our ways – and quickly. Scientists are agreed – from IPBES to IPCC , from Sir David Attenborough to Sir David King […]
Report on Emotion and Feelings in Voluntary Sector Work Second Seminar (April 2021)
How do emotions and feelings interact with our work in the voluntary and community sector? The second of three seminars on this theme, funded by VSSN, took place on the 13th April 2021 via Zoom. This provided a space for 24 researchers and practitioners – from the UK and beyond – to share and discuss […]
New round of Development Opportunity Grants
Applicant guidelines: VSSN development opportunity grants 2021-2022 Call Outline The Voluntary Sector Studies Network invites applications from members for proposals to support and develop an idea or activity that will benefit voluntary sector studies in the UK. The grant encourages using creative approaches using multi-media (such as podcasts, film/ animation) or can be used to […]
New Researchers Online Forum
27th April 2021: 1pm-2pm This session is a continuation of those run during 2020 which were aimed at providing a supportive environment online for new researchers. It is an opportunity to share information and experiences with others new to the field of voluntary sector research. The VSSN New Researchers Organising Group also attend to provide […]
Emotion and Feelings in Voluntary Sector Work Seminar 1
Thank you to all the presenters at the October 2020 seminar. If you were not able to attend the event and see the brilliant presentations, not to worry the videos are available here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2s30yx30gltzte5/AADCHdHBtefDOT2U4I6EFCYGa?dl=0, including: ‘Emotions in Managing Volunteers’ and toolkit ‘Working with Volunteers’ developed with the National Trust. Professor Anne-Marie Greene, University of Leicester […]
A UK Charity Classification System
Our aim In our previous blog, we introduced our project to refresh the classification of the national charity registers into ICNPTSO (activity area) categories, using keyword searching, and where possible applying machine learning techniques. To our knowledge, this was last attempted at scale over a decade ago. We also, however, acknowledged some of the challenges […]
Emotion & Feelings in Voluntary Sector Work: April 2021 No 2 of 3 seminars
Emotion and Feelings in Voluntary Sector Work: Second of Three seminars (now via Zoom) April 13th (10am – 12.30pm) 2021 This is to let you know about the second of three seminars examining the role of emotion and feelings in Voluntary Sector work. This event, will run on the morning of 13th April 2021 from […]
