Tag Archives: volunteering

Crystal Palace Triangle Project: Studying Voluntary and Community Action in Crystal Palace

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Blog Editor

Colin Rochester was the founding Chair of the Voluntary Action History Society and is a founding partner of the Practical Wisdom R2Z Research Consultants. He has worked in and with the voluntary sector for over forty years. Why on earth have my … Continue reading →

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Student Volunteering: The Long View

Posted on February 24, 2014 by admin

Today marks the start of Student Volunteering Week 2014, an annual celebration in England now supported by the National Union of Students (NUS) and Student Hubs. My new book argues that higher education students have made significant contributions to social change … Continue reading →

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Feature: The Historical Geographies of Scouting

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Blog Editor

At the VAHS Seminar of 2 December 2013 Sarah Mills, Lecturer in Human Geography at Loughborough University, gave the paper ‘”Citizen Scout”: The Historical Geographies of scouting in Britain’.  In the following interview, she expands upon the intersections of geography, citizenship, and identity in … Continue reading →

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Big Society and the ‘new austerity’

Posted on September 9, 2013 by admin

Last month the new economics foundation published its report on Surviving Austerity. Since the Coalition took office they have been following the impact of its welfare reforms and public sector cuts in the poorest parts of Birmingham and London, and these … Continue reading →

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Credit Unions and the Church of England

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Blog Editor

Historian Pat Starkey offers some context to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s intervention into the payday loans debate. The initial impact of the archbishop of Canterbury’s attack on payday loan companies and their excessive interest rates has been overshadowed by the … Continue reading →

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