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A framework towards IT appropriation in voluntary organisations

International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, 2008
There have been different research efforts to analyse the potential, impact and benefits of introducing Information Technology (IT) in voluntary organisations. But recent literature has highlighted that many voluntary organisations are still in an early stage of IT adoption in their organisational settings.
Saqib Saeed, Markus Rohde, Volker Wulf   +2 more
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Voluntary organisations and the care market

Journal of Interprofessional Care, 1996
Since 1993 the relationship between voluntary organisations and local authorities, in the field of social welfare, has been dominated by the reforms introduced by the NHS and Community Care Act (DoH, 1990). A market for care has been introduced on the assumption that local authorities should act as purchasers of care for people in need; that a ...
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The Funding of Local Voluntary Organisations

Policy & Politics, 1996
This paper reports the findings of an intensive study of the funding experience of a small sample of voluntary agencies in the north of England. It shows that the income of the sample organisations increased from just over £1m in 1989-90 to just over £2m in 1993-94, with statutory funding becoming a larger proportion of total income. The paper looks at
Russell, Lynne, Scott, Duncan, Wilding, Paul   +2 more
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Funds for voluntary organisations

Nursing Standard, 1988
The Government has earmarked extra funds for voluntary organisations to com pensate for an error in the retail price indexing. The RPI understated inflation by about one tenth of one per cent in most months between February 1986 and September 1987.
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Voluntary organisations and the recession

Voluntary Sector Review, 2010
The global recession has shaken the confidence of and prospects for the UK voluntary and community sector. Although the sector has benefited from a long period of sustained investment matched by public and political support, the ability of organisations to plan for and adjust to the new economic reality is still hampered by a limited evidence base ...
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Voluntary organisations on the net: Insights and innovations

New Review of Information Networking, 1999
Voluntary organisations have key roles within contemporary society. Underpinning their continued effectiveness will be their readiness to embrace information and communication technologies [ICTs], in particular their capacity to exploit the potential of electronic networks.
Burt, Eleanor, Taylor, John
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Are Voluntary Organisations Accountable?

1996
This paper does not purport to provide any straightforward answer to the question posed. Instead I shall raise a series of further questions and draw a number of distinctions which underpin discussion of the accountability of voluntary organisations. I shall then consider some of the potential difficulties faced by voluntary organisations in responding
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