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20 March 2008
Reaching out to volunteers by Simon Teasdale
Simon Teasdale from the Institute of Volunteer Research, looks at new research on volunteering, particularly among people at risk of social exclusion.  Read article
From: The Guardian, UK
More about: Disabled people  Research
11 March 2008
Looking for new (volunteer) faces by Debbie Andalo
The typical student volunteer is white, middle-class and female - but work is under way to change all that.  Read article
From: The Guardian, UK
More about: Management
03 March 2008
Narrowing the gap by Sally Brown
The first UK funded gap-year students will set off in a few months to undertake voluntary work. Sally Broom, of Your Safe Planet, on the drive to create better 'global citizens'.  Read article
From: The Guardian, UK
11 December 2007
Challenge assumptions about volunteering, researchers told by Ben Cook
Researchers analysing the voluntary sector should use their studies to challenge the preconception that volunteering in all its forms is necessarily a good thing, according to the Institute for Volunteering Research.  Read article
More about: Research
06 December 2007
Volunteering England calls for sustainable funding on IVD by Volunteering England
Justin Davis Smith, Acting Chief Executive of Volunteering England, said: “Volunteering England welcomes the opportunity to recognise volunteers across the world this UN International Day of the Volunteer. Volunteering is a powerful force for change in society and we are proud to be part of a global movement to enable more people to experience the benefits of volunteering, both to themselves and their communities.  Read article
From: IVD 2007 Blog
More about: Infrastructure

 

Related links
Volunteering on a shoestring (not another toolkit) 
A short, easy to use, step-by-step toolkit for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) organisations wanting to involve volunteers.  Visit site
A part of society: Refugees and asylum seekers volunteering in the UK 
The latest report from the Volunteering and Asylum Project is based on case studies of ten organisations across the UK that are all outside the refugee sector, and that are all successfully involving refugees and asylum seekers as volunteers. The report is for policy makers, volunteer managers and others wanting to encourage and develop diversity in volunteering.  Visit site
Women refugees - from volunteers to employees 
This reseach, conducted by Working Lives Research Institute and the London Metropolitan University, supports the view that volunteering can assist refugee women

in finding employment, as well as providing important benefits to women who

are not able to undertake paid employment. It also highlights the breadth and depth

of voluntary activities in which refugee women are involved, and the research

report documents the experiences of refugee women as volunteers in a wide

range of organisations and activities.

  Visit site

Related blog entries
07 December 2007, 11:42
UK: VSO's 'Big Hand' campaign launched 
In 2008, VSO will be celebrating 50 years of sending volunteers overseas. That’s 35,000 volunteers recruited from the UK who have worked alongside some of the poorest people — woo hoo! As the leading international development organisation working through volunteers, we want to thank all of our volunteers for their hard work.  Read entry
From: IVD 2007 Blog
26 October 2006, 16:35
Bermuda volunteers to go online 
The Centre on Philanthropy in Bermuda will launch an interactive online volunteer matching system and host a volunteer reception to honour local volunteers.  Read entry
From: IVD 2006 Blog
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