Bibliography of Volunteer Management Publications
This bibliography of volunteer management was compiled by Steve McCurley and is divided into categories of print, editorial and web. The author has also published a useful resource for researchers entitled The Volunteerism Bibliography which is available via the following link: h… Read more
Lonely Citizens: Report of the Working Party on Active Citizenship
This report focuses on active citizenship as civic participation in politics and governance rather than volunteering or acting as a good neighbour. Its argument starts with the claim that while the UK and democracies like ours rely on expert representatives and professional civil… Read more
Something for Something: A National Youth Action Programme
The aim of this paper is to present arguments for how effective and progressive public policy on youth action might be developed. We briefly outline our understanding of civil renewal and recommend that civil renewal could be a strong motivating idea to guide the future develop… Read more
Counting policy active organisations in Scotland: definitions, coding and comparison
This conference paper reports on research which assesses patterns of interest mobilisation within political systems, using the Scottish group system as a case study example. It does so by mapping the levels of activity of various organised interests including those of campaigning… Read more
Report of the Audit of Democratic Participation
This report is for people who want to understand and get involved in the democratic process in Scotland. It provides information about some of the ways in which it is possible to participate in the work of the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Executive, and it gives recommend… Read more
Spreading the Benefits of Digital Participation: Interim Report
The interim report of the Inquiry into spreading the benefit of digital participation in Scotland sets out the findings of evidence-gathering activities across Scotland and outlines the Inquiry?s emerging recommendations on the actions that the Scottish Government, local authorit… Read more
Community Life Survey 2013 to 2014
The Community Life Survey is a survey commissioned by the Cabinet Office. It provides official statistics on issues that are important to encouraging social action and empowering communities, including volunteering, giving, community engagement and well-being. Data does not co… Read more
Working Paper 65: Voluntary sector organisations working at the neighbourhood level in England: patterns by local area deprivation,
Geographical variations in voluntary sector activity are important where they lead to inequity in service provision and differences in the opportunity to participate in voluntary group activities. However, despite important theoretical work, very little work has demonstrated vari… Read more
The Future's Bright - The Future's Local
Over the past two years the Carnegie UK Trust?s Neighbourhood News initiative has supported five leading local news projects with œ10,000 each to deliver community news in new and innovative ways. The Trust?s new policy summary draws on key findings from Neighbourhood News and se… Read more
Beyond Books: The role of enterprising libraries in promoting economic wellbeing
?Beyond Books? is the final report from the Trust?s work on Enterprising Libraries. It draws on learning from four local projects in England and Wales that explored creative ways of encouraging enterprise and digital skills development. The report outlines success factors, co… Read more