From 9–11 September 2003 Roehampton University hosted the Second International Conference on the History of Voluntary Action. Papers included:
Sabina Leitmann and Fran Crawford (Curtin University of Technology), The Red Cross in Western Australia: A case study of changing relationships between a voluntary organisation, professional social work and the state.
Shurlee Swain (Australian Catholic University), In Whose Interest? Voluntarism and Child Care in Australia 1880–1980.
Helen Johnson (Roehampton University), The revival and growth of the voluntary sector in English schooling: the organisational implications.
Colin Rochester (Roehampton University), Frank Milligan – innovator in adult education and doyen of the community centres movement.
Sarah Griffiths (Chester College), Macclesfield School of Art and Science and the Support of the Silk Manufacturers.
Christopher J Topping (Kellogg College, Oxford), Religion and Friendly Societies in Lancashire 1790–1835 with special reference to Sunday School Sick Societies.
Gwilym Beckerlegge (Open University), Promoting religiously inspired social service: a source of ambivalence in a modern Hindu movement.
Maria Power (Institute for Volunteering Research), Local Churches and Voluntary Action in Northern Ireland since 1980.
Malcolm Torry (Roehampton University), Aspects of the history of religious voluntary action.
Doreen McCalla (BMEE), A Black-majority church in the UK: Voluntary action and the historical contribution of charity leaders and early founders.
Arthur Williamson (University of Ulster), John Bellers (1674–1725, pioneer of faith-based social innovation, philanthropy and community development): an exploration of his influence.
Justin Davis Smith (Institute for Volunteering Research), The Labour Movement and Voluntary Action in UK and Australia: A Comparative Perspective.
Luke Geoghegan (Toynbee Hall, London Metropolitan University and University of Oxford), The Fall and Rise of the Settlement Movement: An account and an analysis.
Paula Kabalo (Ben Gurion University), Pioneers of Civil Society: The role of the third sector in the process of nation building and the shaping of democracy. Some case studies from Israeli History.
Lesley Hughes (University of New South Wales), Women and Charitable Management: Catholic Sisters in Late Nineteenth Century Sydney.
Anne Stamper (National Federation of Women’s Institutes), Countrywomen in Wartime: Women’s Institutes 1938–1945.
Annie Lindsay (Wellcome Library), Successful care in the community: the Mental After Care Association archive in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine.
Alison Penn (Independent Researcher), The Origins and Early Developments of the St Michaels Fellowship 1903–c.1925.
