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Record Nr.

UNINA9910597138303321

Titolo

Mobilising Voluntary Action in the UK : Learning from the Pandemic / / ed. by Irene Hardill, Jurgen Grotz, Laura Crawford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

1-4473-6724-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (202 p.)

Disciplina

361.370941

Soggetti

Charities, voluntary services & philanthropy

Welfare & benefit systems

Social welfare & social services

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures, tables and images -- List of abbreviations -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Researching in a pandemic -- Voluntary action and the pandemic across the UK -- England -- Northern Ireland -- Scotland -- Wales -- The road(s) to recovery? Discussion and conclusion -- Glossary -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY licence. The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the landscape of voluntary action. Some volunteering projects had to be paused, while others were delivered in different ways, but across all four UK nations large numbers of people began volunteering for the first time. This book provides an overview of the constraints and opportunities of mobilising voluntary action across the four UK nations during the pandemic. Sector experts and academics examine the divergent voluntary action policy frameworks adopted, the state and non-state supported volunteer responses, the changes in the profile of volunteers and the plans to sustain their involvement. This book addresses the urgent policy and practice need for evidence-based considerations to support recovery from the pandemic and to prepare for future emergencies.