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Voluntary sector responses to increased resourcing challenges [PDF]
, 2009 Purpose: Drug treatment services in the UK have recently undergone significant expansion, alongside the introduction of a set of quality standards which included the management of people.
Kelliher, Clare, Parry, Emma
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The distinctiveness of smaller voluntary organisations providing welfare services [PDF]
, 2021 This article presents empirical findings about the distinctiveness of smaller voluntary sector organisations (VSOs) involved in welfare service provision, based on in-depth, qualitative case study research. We identify a series of organisational features
Rees, James +28 more
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Voluntary sector HRM: Examining the influence of Government [PDF]
, 2011 Purpose - This paper seeks to examine the practice of human resource management (HRM) in the UK voluntary sector. In recent years many voluntary sector organisations have experienced a changing context, where they have become increasingly involved in ...
Clare Kelliher +3 more
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Journal of Comparative Social Work, 2011 Public-private partnerships have long been highly valued in Western welfare states, and the valuation of such cooperation has become even stronger in light of last year’s economic turbulence, particularly with voluntary non-profit organizations (VNPOs).
Johans Tveit Sandvin +2 more
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Voluntary schizophrenia organisations [PDF]
Psychiatric Bulletin, 1994 I previously reported (O'Shea, 1989, 1992) on the experience of national voluntary Huntington's disease (HD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) organisations. This series of enquiries stemmed from an observation of Black (1988) that the medical profession in general offered little support to voluntary groups, a statement which has been largely supported for ...
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Historical Life Course Studies, 2018 This article investigates the association between, participation in, and exposure to voluntary organisations and marital fertility during the European fertility transition from 1880 to 1949.
Johan Junkka
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Welsh voluntary sector funding in the post-2010 austerity period
Welsh Economic Review, 2021 The paper examines the funding of Welsh voluntary sector organisations (VSOs), in terms of income source and type, in the aftermath of the 2007-08 global economic crisis, seeking to explore marketisation trends. A detailed examination of voluntary sector
Nikos Kapitsinis
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Faith-based voluntary action: a case study of a French charity [PDF]
, 2011 Following legal changes in the 1980s, the Voluntary and Community sector/économie sociale in France has become culturally diverse as faith-based organisations serving minority ethnic communities have developed, including charities inspired by religious ...
Irene Hardill +5 more
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Disabled people’s organisations and the disability movement: Perspectives from Burkina Faso
African Journal of Disability, 2019 Background: In Burkina Faso, the disability movement is rather weak, both in terms of funding and staffing – its range does not extend far outside the capital city and is largely dependent on international non-governmental organisations (INGOs).
Lara Bezzina
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African Evaluation Journal, 2022 Background: Voluntary organisations for professional evaluation (VOPEs) have proliferated across the African continent, seeking to contribute to building effective national evaluation systems (NESs) that enhance development planning, implementation and ...
Tebogo Fish +3 more
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