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Bridging the Gaps in Employee Volunteering: Why the Third Sector Doesn’t Always Win [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Employee Volunteering (EV) schemes represent a cornerstone of many company Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies, being identified as a classic “win-win” situation in which businesses contribute significant resources into local communities ...
Joanne Cook, J. Burchell
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

‘Distinction’ in the third sector [PDF]

open access: yesVoluntary Sector Review, 2013
Claims for the distinctiveness of third sector organisations are a relatively widespread and familiar feature of third sector commentary and analysis. This paper reviews relevant theoretical and empirical research to examine the idea of distinctiveness, arguing that such claims remain inconclusive. Informed by a view of the third sector as a contested ‘
Macmillan, Rob
openaire   +5 more sources

“They have been a saving grace in all this”: the role of the third sector in disabled people’s experiences of COVID-19 and implications for sector–state relations

open access: yesVoluntary Sector Review, 2022
This article explores the third sector’s role during the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the experiences of disabled people in England and Scotland.
J. Cullingworth   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Stepping back from Data and AI for Good – current trends and ways forward

open access: yesBig Data & Society, 2023
Various ‘Data for Good’ and ‘AI for Good’ initiatives have emerged in recent years to promote and organise efforts to use new computational techniques to solve societal problems.
Ville Aula, James Bowles
doaj   +1 more source

Leadership and organizational innovation in the third sector: A systematic literature review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Innovation Studies, 2020
The impact of the global recession has served to increase pressure on non-profit organizations resources. Executive leadership is an essential component of the success of these institutions.
F. Adro, J. Leitão
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Income generation and empowerment pathways for rural women of Jagusi Parish, Uganda: A double-sided sword

open access: yesSocial Sciences and Humanities Open, 2021
This paper contributes to the growing literature on women's economic empowerment by exploring the relationship between women's engagement in income-generating activities (IGAs) and their capacity to realize self-defined goals, centered on well-being and ...
Chelsea Haley, Robin Marsh
doaj   +1 more source

Somewhere over the rainbow ‐ third sector research in and beyond coronavirus

open access: yesVoluntary Sector Review, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has rapidly become a multifaceted global crisis, disrupting economies, livelihoods and ways of life, with significant ramifications for the third sector.
R. Macmillan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The third sector in a strategically selective landscape – the case of commissioning public services

open access: yesJournal of Social Policy, 2020
In the context of a mixed economy of welfare, public policy in the UK and elsewhere has long promoted third sector involvement in delivering public services.
R. Macmillan, Angela Ellis Paine
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Education, Cultural Change, Territory. The Third Sector's Innovation. An Italian Case Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This contribution proposes a theoretical-empirical reflection on the relationship among the three sociological concepts identified by the authors as essential dimensions of the innovation: cultural change, education, and territory.
Lombardi, Raffaele, Peruzzi, Gaia
core   +1 more source

Communities as ‘renewable energy’ for healthcare services? a multimethods study into the form, scale and role of voluntary support for community hospitals in England

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2019
Objective To examine the forms, scale and role of community and voluntary support for community hospitals in England.Design A multimethods study.
Angela Ellis Paine   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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