Introduction to the Voluntary Sector

Introduction to the Voluntary Sector
Author: Rodney Hedley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2005-08-18
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1134858094

In the 1990s the voluntary and charity sector is being forced to become an increasingly important provider of health and social welfare in Britain. How can it respond to this pressure, who is running it and how should it be managed? As well as offering a full overview of the voluntary sector the editors and contributors: examine its history and importance within welfare provision explore its current position and responsibilities offer practical guidance for and analysis of the issues facing the voluntary sector today including its legal framework in the UK and EU, fundraising management and accountability. An Introduction to the Voluntary Sector will be invaluable reading to all students and lecturers of social policy and organisational studies as well as to professional policy-makers and voluntary sector personnel.

Introduction to the Voluntary Sector

Introduction to the Voluntary Sector
Author: Rodney Hedley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2005-08-18
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1134858108

Overview of the voluntary sector: its history, importance and current responsibilities. Practical guidance and analysis of issues facing voluntary sector including its legal framework in UK and EU, fundraising, management and accountability.

Voluntary Organisations and Public Service Delivery

Voluntary Organisations and Public Service Delivery
Author: Ian Cunningham
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0415874734

This volume draws together a team of expert contributors to explore how the process of outsourcing is impacting the internal and external labour markets of voluntary organisations, and the implications for the policy objectives underlying the externalisation of the delivery of public services to them.

The Voluntary Sector

The Voluntary Sector
Author: Jeremy Kendall
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2004-02-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134391269

Serving as an introduction to the UK's voluntary sector, this book builds on the foundations lain in an earlier book by Kendall and Dahrendorf. Using a comparative approach to place the UK voluntary sector in perspective, this book considers the scope, scale, structure, and impact of the voluntary sector's activities on society. Based on both qualitative and quantitative evidence, this informative book includes statistical mapping of the sector, as well as semi-structured interviews conducted with voluntary sector policy actors. A much-needed addition to the current literature, The Voluntary Sector provides a theoretical framework and in-depth analysis of an increasingly important area.

Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector

Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector
Author: Gary M Grobman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2018-01-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781929109692

An Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector: A Practical Approach for the 21st Century is an introductory text on the nonprofit sector and nonprofit organizations. It provides an overview of the history, theory, and scope of the nonprofit sector. It discusses issues facing nonprofits, such as legal and regulatory issues, ethics, quality, fiscal, and liability issues. It also provides practical guidelines for writing mission and vision statements, strategic planning, hiring, firing, lobbying, communicating, using the Internet, and other functions of nonprofit organizations. Each chapter includes a synopsis at the beginning, as well as discussion questions, activities, and bibliographic references at the end. An index is included.

Employment Relations in the Voluntary Sector

Employment Relations in the Voluntary Sector
Author: Ian Cunningham
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2012-08-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134090757

This new book addresses the topical issues surrounding employment relations in UK voluntary organizations that operate within the quasi-market of social care. Combining an analysis of the established literature with in-depth qualitative field work, Ian Cunningham explores the nature of power relations between state and voluntary sector; implications of employment policy and subsequent pressures for change in pay and working conditions; the influence of trade unions in the sector; management’s capacity to resist external pressure and employee responses to this environment. Cunningham’s focus on the employment relationship in this sector is unique, highlighting a complex and variable pattern of interdependence and subordination between government agencies and voluntary sector employers. The author examines the way in which financial pressures from the state coupled with weak unionization diminish working conditions, arguing that employee morale will not be sustained if the voluntary sector fails to maintain its autonomy and minimize its dependency on state funding.

The Voluntary Sector in the United Kingdom

The Voluntary Sector in the United Kingdom
Author: Jeremy Kendall
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1996
Genre: Charities
ISBN: 9780719050381

This book provides an analytical overview of the vast range of historiography which was produced in western Europe over a thousand-year period between c.400 and c.1500. Concentrating on the general principles of classical rhetoric central to the language of this writing, alongside the more familiar traditions of ancient history, biblical exegesis and patristic theology, this survey introduces the conceptual sophistication and semantic rigour with which medieval authors could approach their narratives of past and present events, and the diversity of ends to which this history could then be put. By providing a close reading of some of the historians who put these linguistic principles and strategies into practice (from Augustine and Orosius through Otto of Freising and William of Malmesbury to Machiavelli and Guicciardini), it traces and questions some of the key methodological changes that characterise the function and purpose of the western historiographical tradition in this formative period of its development.

The Voluntary Sector in Prisons

The Voluntary Sector in Prisons
Author: Laura S. Abrams
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2016-05-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137542152

This volume examines how volunteers and non-profit programs encourage institutional change in prisons and offer individual support and services to people who are housed behind bars. Through a diverse set of chapters, including two that are co-written by current prisoners, the volume spans the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, and juvenile and adult facilities. The book showcases the exciting, groundbreaking, and yet often unrecognized work that the voluntary sector provides in correctional settings. Collectively, the chapters highlight beneficial practices while raising critical questions about the role of the voluntary sector in prison and reentry settings. The chapters also offer useful information about how to implement innovative prison programs that promote health, education, and peer support.

The Role of Voluntary Organisations in Social Welfare

The Role of Voluntary Organisations in Social Welfare
Author: Hugh W Mellor
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2018-07-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429880650

Originally published in 1985 The Role of Voluntary Organisations in Social Welfare considers the voluntary sector as a provider of social welfare. The book asks the fundamental questions for those involved in social welfare: what should the role of this voluntary sector be, and what should its relationship be with the government sector? Reporting on extensive original research undertaken for the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust, the study examines the functions, staffing, funding and control of voluntary organisations. It looks at the relationship with the government sector, explores the increasingly important questions of accountability and discusses future prospects.