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Carmen Mangion, Birkbeck College, University of London Easter is an apt time to consider the women of Victorian Britain who used their religious world view to enter the field of charity. For example, from 1830, 80 Catholic women’s congregations, mostly … Continue reading
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Andrea Pass, University of Oxford In September 1947, amidst ‘the vast horror of fear and suffering’ in post-Partition Delhi, Dr Ruth Roseveare, an Anglican missionary of St Stephen’s Community, drew comfort from her knowledge of ‘a new Kingdom’ of Heaven … Continue reading
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Anjelica Finnegan, University of Southampton The history of the voluntary sector is a vibrant area of research, with a significant volume of research beyond that more generally on social, welfare, medical and economic histories. This included two edited volumes published … Continue reading
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George Campbell Gosling, Oxford Brookes University Readers of this blog will be familiar with hearing the voluntary sector referred to as the ‘third sector’. It is not clear whether the public or private sector comes first, but there is no … Continue reading
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Janine Stanford, The Children’s Society Many readers of this blog will be aware of the difficulties facing voluntary sector archives. These challenges have been exacerbated by recent spending cuts, as Dr Georgina Brewis has discussed in this blog. In this … Continue reading
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George Campbell Gosling, Oxford Brookes University I recently made my first visit to Dublin. Being invited to workshops is always nice, and when you get to go somewhere new that’s even better. So this was a real treat for me. … Continue reading
