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Showing 1 to 20 of 100 for “"charities"”.
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The Associated Charities
University of Minnesota Masters thesis. May 1909. 1 computer file (PDF); 51 pages.
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Services for children with cancer : the views of parents, professionals and relevant charities
In adopting a tabula rasa approach, this study sought to determine those elements of care that should be prioritised in the service provision for families with children who have cancer. An innovative approach was adopted, as opposed to a conventional thesis structure, in which the literature in …
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Mental Recovery, After-Care and Psychotherapy in Britain's Non-institutional Mental Health Charities, 1879-1939
… first wave of non-institutional mental health charities to develop methods of mind healing and contribute to the birth of British psychotherapy. A commitment to eliciting mental recovery dominated these activities. For millennia, people have harnessed the influence of one person’s mind upon …
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Organisational Resilience and Competitive Advantage of United Kingdom (UK) Autism Charities: The Impact of Online Volunteering.
… the country. This means that the United Kingdom charities are having to prove that they run efficiently, to ensure that the trusts and foundations, individuals and corporations that donate to them understand that their financial investment is being spent effectively. With advances in …
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An uncharitable chill : a critical exploration of how changes in federal policy and political climate are affecting advocacy-oriented charities
… rhetoric against environmental organizations and charities, increased enforcement of regulations governing resources that charities devote to “political activities,” and added environmental organizations to Canada’s anti-terrorism strategy as a potential national threat. Using grounded theory and …
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An exploration into the use of monitoring & evaluation by third sector sports themed employability charities to evidence a social impact
… Evaluation (M & E), sports themed employability charities can greater evidence their social impact (Arvidson, 2009). The qualitative research initiates with nationwide semi-structured interviews that offer in an in-depth exploration into the demand and realities faced within the third sector …
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A Complex Disease with Complex Discourse: Exploring the Online Messaging of Two Canadian Obesity Charities and the Implications for Weight Stigma
Researchers warn that sizeism and weight stigma can prevent individuals from seeking health care, increase feelings of depression, and even contribute to weight gain and the worsening of negative health behaviours (Chrisler and Barney 2017; O’Hara and Gregg 2006; Puhl and Heuer 2009; 2010; Tomiyama …
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Internal colonialism and social control in the Age of Terror : the FBI's war on Islamic charities following the September 11th Attacks of 2001
… States. The FBI especially targeted Islamic charities suspected of funding terrorism. I explore the efficacy of that strategy at both the level of law enforcement as initiated by the Treasury Department, the Justice Department and the FBI, and at the level of the courtroom where the …
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Sharing Hearts: Buddhist Charity and Urbanization in Vietnam
… joined or established grassroots Buddhist charities in Ho Chi Minh City. I spoke with approximately 400 members of 25 charities, focusing on seven main groups that shared an overlapping network of volunteers. My research includes perspectives from demographic groups often excluded from …
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Using Laboratory Experiments to Better Understand Voluntary Contributions
… contribute to projects which help others (e.g., charities); many of the theoretical models have at their core, that an individual is indifferent between giving time or money. We test this assumption in a laboratory (and other related phenomena concerning giving time and money to charity). …
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Reinventing the rattling tin : explaining the dynamics of social networking site fundraising
… campaigns, which raised millions of pounds for charities in just days, have been hailed as a new method of fundraising in a new, networked society. They also, at a first glance, appear to support claims by various scholars that social capital is on the rise because of the pervasiveness of online …
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Non-profit organizations' use of the internet to tell human interest stories : a content analysis of non-profit web sites.
… organization. A sample of 26 non-profit health charities' Web sites produced 344 "good works" stories that were coded. The study looked particularly at the prominence and prevalence of good works stories on the non-profit Web sites, as well as how the organizations incorporated other elements …
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Rethinking Charitable Actions: Identifying the New Characteristics of Social Solidarity
… values and domains of social solidarityin charities? The first chapter introduces a theoretical discussion to go beyond the conventional contrast between altruism and self-interest in understanding charitable action. The chapter focuses on how the citizens of the Western nation-states build …
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Ten years of challenge : the impact of the external environment on charity fundraising and marketing 1989-1999
… as experienced by 30 heads of fundraising from charities of all sizes. Was the external environment making fundraising more difficult? If so, how were fundraisers responding, what strategies and structures were they adopting? Did it include marketing? From the research one expectation, that …
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Strategic positioning in voluntary and non-profit organizations in the UK : exploring the experiences of British charitable organizations:Exploring the experiences of British Charitable Organizations
… management studies on this topic for charities, whilst the specialist literature on VNPOs has neglected the study of SP. The thesis begins with an extended literature review of the concept of positioning in both commercial [for-profit] and charitable organizations. It concludes that …
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