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Faith and voluntary action
 — community, values and resources
Corporate AuthorInstitute for Volunteering Research
PublisherInstitute for Volunteering Research, London, 2003
Pages4 pp (Research bulletin)
SourceInstitute for Volunteering Research, Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London N1 9RL. www.ivr.org.uk
KeywordsReligion ; Attitude ; Voluntary workers ; Voluntary work [elderly] ; Social surveys ; Leicester ; Liverpool ; Luton.
AnnotationThe Institute for Volunteering Research conducted an exploratory study that looked at: how people in different faith communities volunteer; what motivates them to volunteer; how their volunteering is organised and resourced; and what the relationship is between faith communities and local networks. This Research Bulletin outlines the main findings, and also raises some questions about how faith communities can be involved in delivering mainstream social welfare. Overall, the research provides no evidence that different belief systems give rise to different kinds of voluntary action. The report is based on 25 interviews with leaders and active members of faith communities carried out between November 2001 and March 2002 in Leicester, Liverpool and Luton. The faiths represented were Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism and Sikhism. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-031118212 P
ClassmarkTR: DP: QV: GHH: 3F: 8LEE: 84B: 8BD *

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