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Summaries of research undertaken by the Institute
NEW Retention and succession planning within further education governance
 Active learning: Understanding volunteering among Open University students PDF
Attitudes to diversity among governors in further education colleges PDF
Unlocking the Potential? Reviewing The Wildlife Trusts’ project to strengthen volunteering
Recruitment and Diversity among FE Governors - PDF
Volunteering in UK Hospices (A survey commissioned by Help the Hospices) PDF
The Economics of Hospice Volunteering (A study commissioned by Help the Hospices) PDF
Community
Investment: The impacts of employee volunteering at Barclays Bank
(available to view as a PDF document
Generation
V - Young people speak out on volunteering
Volunteering
for All? Exploring the link between volunteering and social exclusion
(available to view as a PDF document)
VIVA - The volunteer
investment and value audit: a self help guide
A guide for organisations on how to use VIVA
Volunteering
for mental health:
findings of a survey of volunteering by people with
experience of mental ill health
A choice blend - What volunteers
want from organisation and management
This report highlights the important fact that volunteers do not
want volunteering to feel too regimented and constricting
UK
Wide Evaluation of the Millennium Volunteers Programme
Research carried out by the Institute for the Department of Education
and Skills (please note this is an external link to a PDF document
on the DFES site)
Age discrimination and volunteering
Research looking at the reasons given for having upper age limits
for reasons
Public sector support of volunteering:
an audit
Research into national and local government support for volunteering
Volunteering in the NHS
A report of a survey looking at the nature and extent of volunteering
in the NHS
Issues in volunteer management:
A report of a survey
A survey of volunteer managers looks at issues such as whether there
are formal procedures for volunteer involvement and diversity
Valuing volunteers in Europe
A comparative study of the Volunteer Investment and Value Audit
(VIVA) in 3 European countries. VIVA has been devised as a technique
for measuring the economic value of volunteers
National Survey of
Volunteering
Facts and figures on the nature and extend of volunteering in the
UK
What young people want
from volunteering
What attracts young people to volunteer and what deters them?
Potential of a lifetime
Study of Older Volunteers in 25 Organisations
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