Mobilising Voluntary Action in the UK

Mobilising Voluntary Action in the UK
Author: Irene Hardill
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2022-10-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1447367227

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the landscape of voluntary action. This book provides an overview of the constraints and opportunities of mobilising voluntary action across the four UK jurisdictions.

COVID-19 and the Voluntary and Community Sector in the UK

COVID-19 and the Voluntary and Community Sector in the UK
Author: James Rees
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2023-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1447365518

The voluntary sector was central to the COVID-19 response: fulfilling basic needs, highlighting new and existing inequalities and coordinating action where the state had been slow to respond. This book curates rigorous academic, policy and practice-based research into the response and adaptation of the UK voluntary sector during the pandemic. Contributions explore the ways the sector responded to new challenges and the longer-term consequences for the sector's workforce, volunteers and beneficiaries. Written for researchers and practitioners, this book considers what the voluntary sector can learn from the pandemic to maximise its contribution in the event of future crises.

How Britain Loves the NHS

How Britain Loves the NHS
Author: Ellen A. Stewart
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2023-07-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1447368894

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. What does it mean to love a healthcare system? It is often claimed that the UK population is unusually attached to its National Health Service, and the last decade has seen increasingly visible displays of gratitude and love. While social surveys of public attitudes measure how much Britain loves the NHS, this book mobilises new empirical research to ask how Britain loves its NHS. The answer delves into a series of public practices – such as campaigning, donating and volunteering within NHS organisations – and investigates how attitudes to the NHS shape patient experience of healthcare. Stewart argues that these should be understood as practices of care for, and contestation about the future of, the healthcare system. This book offers a timely critique of both the potential, and the dysfunctions, of Britain’s complex love affair with the NHS.

Volunteer Involvement

Volunteer Involvement
Author: Jurgen Grotz
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2022-11-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3031192214

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest theory and practice for volunteer involvement. It represents a milestone for knowledge of how and why volunteers become involved and will be essential reading for practitioners, policy makers and funders. Offering exercises and examples from practice, it introduces concepts for understanding volunteers’ agency and for critically assessing ways in which those who seek to involve volunteers can respond to rapidly changing environments. The authors draw on a combination of theoretical perspectives and practical experiences to develop approaches based on individuals and community strengths and assets, underlining the need for conviviality, respect and enjoyment in volunteer involvement.

Researching Voluntary Action

Researching Voluntary Action
Author: Jon Dean
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2023-03
Genre: Nonprofit organizations
ISBN: 1447356691

With case studies from around the world, this accessible book explores the methodological complexities of research into voluntary action, charitable behaviour and participation in voluntary organisations.

Social Work in Wales

Social Work in Wales
Author: Wulf Livingston
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2023-06-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1447367200

With a foreword by First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, this book is the first to offer an in-depth look into what makes the Welsh Social Work context unique. It includes the move towards joint children, families and adult provision and the emphasis on early intervention, future generations and partnership considerations. Covering the subject knowledge required by the Welsh regulator, Social Care Wales, it provides essential reading for students and practising social workers in Wales, and rich contextual analysis for other international social work practitioners and writers. Each chapter includes: • dialogue on the distinctive ‘Welsh way’ that underpins the nation’s social work approach; • focus on application: responses and implications for professional practice; • the ‘giving of voice’ section: demonstrating the key emphasis in Welsh practice of ensuring that multiple stakeholder perspectives are actively heard; • key resources for further independent exploration of the topics.

Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century

Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century
Author: C. Rochester
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2016-01-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0230279430

Expectations about the contribution that volunteering can make are at a new high. This book aims to meet this interest by bringing together in one volume what is known about the phenomenon of volunteering; the principles and practice of involving volunteers, and the enduring challenges for volunteering in today's world.

Continuity and Change in Voluntary Action

Continuity and Change in Voluntary Action
Author: Rose Lindsey
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2018-05-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1447324862

There are great expectations of voluntary action in contemporary Britain but limited in-depth insight into the level, distribution and understanding of what constitutes voluntary activity. Drawing on extensive survey data and written accounts of citizen engagement, this book charts change and continuity in voluntary activity since 1981. How voluntary action has been defined and measured is considered alongside individuals’ accounts of their participation and engagement in volunteering over their lifecourses. Addressing fundamental questions such as whether the public are cynical about or receptive to calls for greater voluntary action, the book considers whether respective government expectations of volunteering can really be fulfilled. Is Britain really a “shared society”, or a “big society”, and what is the scope for expansion of voluntary effort? This pioneering study combines rich, qualitative material from the Mass Observation Archive between 1981 and 2012, and data from many longitudinal and cross-sectional social surveys. Part of the Third Sector Research Series, this book is informed by research undertaken at the Third Sector Research Centre, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and Barrow Cadbury Trust.

Mobilising Voluntary Action in the UK

Mobilising Voluntary Action in the UK
Author: Irene Hardill
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2022-10-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1447367243

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY licence. The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the landscape of voluntary action. Some volunteering projects had to be paused, while others were delivered in different ways, but across all four UK nations large numbers of people began volunteering for the first time. This book provides an overview of the constraints and opportunities of mobilising voluntary action across the four UK nations during the pandemic. Sector experts and academics examine the divergent voluntary action policy frameworks adopted, the state and non-state supported volunteer responses, the changes in the profile of volunteers and the plans to sustain their involvement. This book addresses the urgent policy and practice need for evidence-based considerations to support recovery from the pandemic and to prepare for future emergencies.