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‘Hoovering up the Money’? : Delivering government-funded capacity-building programmes to voluntary and community organisations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The 'ChangeUp' and FutureBuilders initiatives have provided substantial funding to support and facilitate 'capacity building' in voluntary and community organisations and so enable them to contribute to the achievement of public and social policy goals ...
Alcock   +16 more
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Canada's Voluntary Sector Initiative and Sub-National Voluntary Sector-Government Relations: A Third Wave

open access: yesNonprofit Policy Forum, 2012
Following a dismal and antagonistic relationship that coincided with three years of deep and sustained cuts to the voluntary sector in the mid 1990s, voluntary sector-federal government relations in Canada finally began to thaw.
Elson Peter R.
doaj   +1 more source

Well-Being Lessons for Improving Charities’ Online Recruitment

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
In an increasingly competitive context, attracting and retaining the best employees are a real preoccupation and a big challenge for organizations. Online recruitment (OR) is a growing trend, and corporate websites are an important instrument for talent ...
Maria Buenadicha-Mateos   +3 more
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Welsh voluntary sector funding in the post-2010 austerity period

open access: yesWelsh 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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Government-Voluntary Sector Compacts Reconsidered

open access: yesNonprofit Policy Forum, 2012
As the articles in this special issue demonstrate, the emergence of government-voluntary sector compacts around the world is intimately linked to comprehensive transformations the welfare state is undergoing in many countries.
Smith Steven Rathgeb
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of “enhanced” intermediate care located in a health & wellbeing hub at the integrated care organisation (ico) in torbay and south devon, uk

open access: yesInternational Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Introduction: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, an Integrated Care Organisation, re-designed its Intermediate Care (IC) service to manage more complex, older patients in the community and facilitate earlier hospital discharge and reduce ...
Julian Elston   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the Assessment of Social Impact. Approach to the state of the question

open access: yesmethaodos.revista de ciencias sociales, 2020
The objective of this article is to explore the concept of social impact, from the meaning attributed to the term, the fields in which it is used, as well as the existing methodologies for its calculation.
David Azuara Garcés
doaj   +1 more source

“… so what?” Attitudes of the voluntary sector towards child protection in sports clubs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
There is both growing concern about ethical standards in sport and also rapid expansion in the number of local and national schemes designed to encourage youth sports development.
Brackenridge, CH
core   +1 more source

From self-assessment to knowledge transfer and improvement in integrated care: How to engage voluntary sector in the provision of integrated care?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Background: Integrated care is a recognised solution to address the challenge of ageing population. Hence, it is important to commit to opportunities that increase the readiness and capacity of regions to implement integrated care. Knowledge transfer has
Andrea Pavlickova, Donna Henderson
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond the ivory tower: a model for nurturing informal learning and development communities through open educational practices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP) are making an evergrowing impact on the field of adult learning, offering free high-quality education to increasing numbers of people.
Coughlan, Tony, Perryman, Leigh-Anne
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