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| An age of opportunity for the voluntary sector | | Author(s) | Lynne Berry |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, vol 16, no 1, 2015 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2015 |
| Pages | pp 54-57 |
| Source | www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/qaoa.htm |
| Keywords | Voluntary agencies ; Charities ; Grant allocation ; England. |
| Annotation | This paper aims to put the issue of ageing on the agenda of the English voluntary sector; and to support the development of strategies about resourcing, supporting, governing and making relevant the voluntary sector for the next 20 years. An independent Commission hosted by New Philanthropy Capital and the International Longevity Centre (ILC-UK) (funded by the Big Lottery and the Prudential Methodology) issued a discussion paper, created by the Commissioners and based on futures work, an evidence review, and national and international seminars and conferences. It finds that our ageing society has the potential to lead the voluntary sector into a viable future, by building bridges between generations and communities, by expanding the resources available to it through rethinking its workforce (both paid and unpaid), and by inspiring and delivering a more integrated and committed sense of social obligations and mutuality - if it embraces "The Age of Opportunity". The Commission on the Voluntary Sector and Ageing takes as its basic premise that if we can grasp the potential, we can invest the skills and resources available to us to create a thriving, relevant and creative place for the voluntary sector and civil society. The Commission is setting a challenge to charities and social enterprises. A more integrated and mutually empowering society that builds on an asset-based model of ageing, and encourages reciprocity between generations and over a lifetime is called for. The work by this Commission has never been done before, and has been seen as creating an opportunity for rethinking the role, purpose and potential of the voluntary sector. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170519232 A |
| Classmark | PK: PL: QCG: 82 |
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