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Volunteering for all?
— exploring the link between volunteering and social exclusion | | Author(s) | Justin Davis-Smith, Angela Ellis, Steven Howlett |
| Corporate Author | Institute for Volunteering Research; University of East London |
| Publisher | Institute for Volunteering Research, London, 2004 |
| Pages | 86 pp |
| Source | Institute for Volunteering Research, Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London N1 9RL. www.ivr.org.uk |
| Keywords | Voluntary workers ; Voluntary work [elderly] ; Ethnic groups ; Physical disabilities ; Isolation ; Integration ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | The question of whether volunteering is inclusive and the broader link between volunteering and social exclusion has been a key theme for the volunteering movement in recent years. Funded by the Community Fund, this report summarises findings of research which looked at what volunteering can do to reduce social exclusion, the challenges faced in making volunteering more inclusive, and the steps taken by organisations to overcome barriers. The report highlights barriers to formal volunteering faced by individuals from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups, disabled people, and those with a record of offence. The research used a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods including: a literature review; consultation and interviews with organisations; and questionnaire surveys and focus groups with volunteers and non-volunteers from the three target groups. Case studies and in-depth interviews were carried out with staff and volunteers in three contrasting urban and rural areas - Sheffield, Haringey and East Devon. Conclusions and recommendations consider the impact of volunteering and valuing diversity in volunteering. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040512219 B |
| Classmark | QV: GHH: TK: BN: TP: TO: 3F |
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