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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"Voluntary Sector"”.
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“Voluntary Sector-Rich” and “Voluntary Sector-Poor”: What Difference Does the Distinction Really Make?
… (1990) has observed that some communities are voluntary sector-rich, while others are voluntary sector-poor. Therefore, many of the benefits often associated with the presence of nonprofits may not be actualized, or even attainable, in all areas. The purpose of this study was three-fold. First, …
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Understanding sustainable development in the voluntary sector: a complex problem
… is the requirement for behaviour change from all sectors of society, including the voluntary sector. There is an assumption by the UK government that voluntary organisations, as trusted agents of change, are well placed to help the poorest cope with the disproportionate impacts of economic and …
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Sustainability, the voluntary sector and local governance in East Yorkshire
This dissertation examines the role played by Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) groups in contributing to the governance of sustainable development. The research involves an intensive case study of VCS groups in Hull and East Riding, East Yorkshire, focusing upon Local Strategic Partnerships …
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Voluntary sector chargeable support services: A typology of actor worldviews of legitimacy.
… nature; legitimacy relating to leadership of the sector or industry, and legitimacy that relates to advancing practice.
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Collaboration for children: leadership in a complex space. A voluntary sector perspective.
… across the divide between public and voluntary sectors in the context of children’s services in the UK. It explores how voluntary sector leaders ‘make things happen’ (Huxham and Vangen 2000) in this context, where the formal authority, control of resources, and decision-making appear …
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GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RESIDENTIAL PROVISION FOR THE ELDERLY: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR
… of the thesis is on the changing role of the voluntary sector and in particular on its geographical distribution. Little is known about the size and scope of the voluntary sector in Britain, still less about the operation of such organisations in service provision.
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The Motivation of Voluntary Sector Employees: A Study of the Relevance of Public Service Motivation
… to explore the values and motivations of voluntary sector employees. It does so in the context of increased outsourcing of public service delivery to the voluntary sector and questions regarding the existence of distinctive motivations amongst those employed in voluntary sector …
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Hard-to reach parents’ understanding of support services for their children and of how they made contact with a voluntary sector organisation: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
… process leading-up to them engaging with a voluntary sector organisation. Eight parents accessing one such organisation in the West Midlands, United Kingdom were interviewed individually and transcripts were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Three main themes are …
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The power of ideas : the state-sector relationship in policy and practice.
… the relationship between the state and the voluntary sector as expressed within national documents and individual actor accounts. It is a response to the tendency within existing studies to cast voluntary sector organisations as passive in their context, responding to ideas from the central …
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Blurred boundaries: Social services and the mixed economy of welfare in Aotearoa New Zealand
… with key stakeholders in the social services sector, this thesis explores how these initiatives have further eroded the boundaries between the state, the private sector and the community and voluntary sector and the extent to which these changes can be seen as furthering the privatisation of …
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Sustainability in voluntary organisations : Exploring the dynamics of organisational strategy.
… of organisational sustainability in the voluntary sector, as a complex and dynamic phenomena inextricably linked to capacity for survival. In taking a holistic approach to exploring the dynamics of sustainability, the study considers the influencing factors, both internal and external, …
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Modelling Accountability: A Thick Interactive Approach to Transparency and Participation in Voluntary Organisations
… a systematic study of accountability in the voluntary sector. Existing studies of accountability tend to veer towards normative and prescriptive analyses, which fail effectively to model accountability mechanisms. They do not test the relationships between the diverse variables that can …
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Identifying effective strategies for developing leadership and management skills in volunteer volunteer managers
… and management development (LMD) within the sector (Alizadeh et al, 2021). This research considers best practice in LMD outside the voluntary sector and what might be appropriate for VVM development. The following research questions were identified to investigate these gaps: 1. How are the …
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Understanding Network Governance: A Case Study Exploration of Active Canada 20/20
… governance, the political landscape, and intersectoral linkages – that interconnect multifariously based the nature of the Canadian federal government and its relationship with the voluntary sector for physical activity. Despite progress in driving Active Canada 20/20 forward, entrenched …
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Paraprofessional counselling: the effectiveness and development o f a group of volunteer mental health counsellors
… a one year period on 118 clients referred to a voluntary sector counselling agency. The CORE-OM was used to measure clients' levels of distress on a sessionby-session basis. Clients and counsellors also completed a range of additional selfreport measures before and after counselling. A …
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The health of informal carers
… was drawn from the carer mailing lists of voluntary sector organisations in four geographically distinct areas in the North West of England. The participants' scores for SF-36 were compared with those of a small group of non-carets and UK normative data for this measure. These evaluations …
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Mental Health Services and Social Inclusion in Remote and Rural Areas of Scotland and Canada: A Qualitative Comparison
… with mental health issues or the role of the voluntary sector in terms of its contribution to mental health service provision in rural areas. Thus, this PhD explores the experiences of rural mental health service users and providers in Scotland and Canada, and also considers the contribution …
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Development, implementation and evaluation of harm reduction techniques for drug users.
… information and advice service at a voluntary sector drugs agency. This work was done because much emphasis is placed on the importance of multidisciplinary teamwork within drugs services. However, the benefit of including an expert on drugs, namely the pharmacist, has been previously …
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Georgia's Health Safety Net: A Model of Excellence: The Good Samaritan Health Center
… four underlying functions of the nonprofit and voluntary sector described in On Being Nonprofit, by Peter Frumkin. These functions include encouraging civic and political engagement, delivering needed services, enacting private values and religious convictions, and providing a channel for social …
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