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Volunteering
- Publisher:
- Volunteering England
Volunteering contains news, information and features of interest to volunteers and voluntary organisatons. Volunteering is now only available as an online edition for members and subscribers.
Faith and voluntary action: community, values and resources
- Authors:
- LUKKA Priya, LOCKE Michael, SOTERI-PROCTER Andri
- Publisher:
- Volunteering England
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 78p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The UK is home to a wide variety of faith communities, each of which has its own distinctive tradition of voluntary action. Indeed, as the research upon which this report is based shows, many of these communities and their institutions seem to depend almost entirely upon voluntary action for their survival: a large proportion of community members volunteer regularly and an even larger number occasionally. This report is based on the findings of an exploratory study that looked at: how people in different faith communities volunteer; what motivates them to volunteer; how their volunteering is organised; how their volunteering is resourced; and what the relationship is between faith communities and local networks.
Making friends with the media
- Author:
- O'REILLY Dominic
- Journal article citation:
- Volunteering, 101, September 2004, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Volunteering England
Reports on the Media Trust, which has built a reputation for providing communications training to the voluntary sector and offers methods and formats to meet any need. Most press releases go in the bin; without a clear idea of what media people want and how they need it presented it is hard to get one's story across. The other side is knowing how to respond to media approaches. Describes the free assistance available, Media Trust's Community Newswire service, and video and television. Gives 2 case studies and contact details.
Volunteering in a different dimension
- Author:
- FLEISCHMANN Pete
- Journal article citation:
- Volunteering, 101, September 2004, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Volunteering England
Explains how the Revolving Doors Agency, the UK's leading charity concerned with mental health and the criminal justice system, has succeeded in involving its clients as volunteers. Clients could be described as the archetypal 'difficult to engage' group: all have been arrested or imprisoned and have some form of mental health problem, most have a drug or alcohol problem and many have had experience of sleeping rough. But concerted efforts have put users at the centre of the agency's work and all are reaping the benefits.
Risk: why we should learn to love it
- Author:
- DYER Fraser
- Journal article citation:
- Volunteering, 86, March 2003, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Volunteering England
Discusses ways for organisations using volunteers to balance risk without stifling innovation and creativity.
Record confusion
- Author:
- BOWGETT Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Volunteering, 79, June 2002, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Volunteering England
On 1 April 2002 the Criminal Records Bureau became fully operational. All organisations that need to police check their volunteers will now have to access their checks through the CRB. However there do seem to be teething problems and many organisations are having problems accessing checks.
Don't leave me this way
- Author:
- MUSGROVE Doug
- Journal article citation:
- Volunteering, 73, November 2001, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Volunteering England
For homelessness charity St Mungo's, there's no shortage of people who want to help. It's transforming helpers into long-term volunteers that's the problem. Explains how they are tackling the many challenges of volunteer retention.
Widening the volunteer net
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Volunteering, 72, October 2001, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Volunteering England
Looks at on line volunteering and how it can contribute to organisations. Volunteer expertise ranges from website design to public relations, language translation, online research and the writing of grant proposals.
Reaching out
- Author:
- USMANI Saadia
- Journal article citation:
- Volunteering, 70, August 2001, p.13.
- Publisher:
- Volunteering England
Reports on how the Women's Royal Voluntary Service is changing with the times through a mutual exchange with black and minority ethnic organisations.
Enabled not disabled
- Author:
- LEECH Tim
- Journal article citation:
- Volunteering, 70, August 2001, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Volunteering England
The author, Chair of the IYV2001 Disabled People Sub-group, argues passionately that volunteering should be more inclusive for disabled people.