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Tag Archives: volunteering
Crystal Palace Triangle Project: Studying Voluntary and Community Action in Crystal Palace
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
Posted in Colin Rochester
Tagged London, philanthropy, voluntary sector, volunteering, Wolfenden Committee
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Student Volunteering: The Long View
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
Posted in Features, Georgina Brewis
Tagged higher education, settlements, voluntary sector, volunteering
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Feature: The Historical Geographies of Scouting
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
Posted in Research, Sarah Mills
Tagged children, citizenship, geographies, Scouting, volunteering, youth
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Big Society and the ‘new austerity’
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
Posted in Forum, George Campbell Gosling, Politics
Tagged big society, campaigning, David Cameron, Labour, philanthropy, voluntary sector, volunteering
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Credit Unions and the Church of England
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
Posted in Forum, Pat Starkey, Politics
Tagged finance, Liverpool, religion, voluntary sector, volunteering
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