Volunteering Counts Conference
The 'Volunteering Counts' conference on the 1-2 March 2010 in Manchester was a unique event in bringing together those researching volunteering around the UK. Co-organised by the Institute for Volunteering Research, Volunteer Development Scotland, the Wales Council for Voluntary Action and the Volunteer Development Agency, Northern Ireland, it drew a range of researchers and practitioners to assess the current state of our knowledge and the future research agenda.
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Plenary session 1: Understanding Volunteering
Speakers:
Colin Rochester (Roehampton University)
- presentation
- paper
Duncan Scott (Third Sector Research Centre)
Plenary session 2: Valuing volunteering
Speaker: Eilís Lawlor (Head of Valuing What Matters, NEF)
Panel: Volunteering counts: views from policy and practice
Speakers:
John Ramsey (Age Concern)
- paper
George Thomson (Volunteer Development Scotland)
Wendy Osborne (NI VDA)
Paper session 1
Panel session 1
‘Back to Basics: What is volunteering, why do we do it, and how is it changing?’
Angela Ellis Paine, Nick Ockenden, Jennifer Russell and Matthew Hill (IVR)
- abstract
- presentation
Paper session A: Social networks, participation and volunteering
‘Does informal volunteering count? Researching informal voluntary activity in deprived Scottish communities throughout the life course’
Mike Woolvin (University of Dundee)
- abstract
‘Exploring participation – findings from a review of literature’
Ellie Brodie (NCVO) and Eddie Cowling (Involve)
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- presentation
- paper
‘Volunteerism in the vanguard’
Patrick Daniels (YouthNet)
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Paper session B: Measuring and valuing student volunteering
‘Volunteering for Success: Mentoring as a form of student volunteering’
Jane Andrews (Centre for Learning Innovation and Professional Practice, Aston University)
- abstract
- presentation
‘Measuring and recording the value of student volunteering’
Pat Green and Pauline Anderson (University of Wolverhampton)
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- presentation
- paper
‘The value and impact of volunteering on Voluntary Community Organisations’
Louise Hardwick and Dr Margaret Coffey (University of Liverpool and Hope University Liverpool)
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Paper session C: Volunteering from the organisational perspective
‘Volunteering within Raleigh International’
Brandon Charleston (Raleigh International)
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- presentation
Talkers and walkers: policy maker and practitioner views of volunteering in Manchester’
Martin Duffy (Community Network for Manchester)
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- presentation
‘Preventing delayed transfers of care: person-centred voluntary sector services’
Fiona Zinovieff (Bangor University)
- abstract
Paper session 2
Paper session D: Evaluating impact at the organisational level
‘Evaluating impact: the formative evaluation of v’
Carol McNaughton Nicholls, Naomi Jones (NatCen), Tiger de Souza (V) and Nick Ockenden (IVR)
- abstract
- presentation
‘Measuring the effects of a corporate community program’
Prof. Dr. Lucas Meijs and Lonneke Roza (RSM Erasmus University)
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Paper session E: Characteristics and behaviour of volunteers: the sports perspective
‘Profiling sports coaches’
Fiona Reid (University of Strathclyde)
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‘Volunteers and members in sports clubs
Geoff Nicholls (Sheffield Hallam University)
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- paper
Paper session F: Defining participation
‘Measuring participation at a local level: what you ask for is what you get!’
Janet Gilbertson and Ian Wilson (Sheffield Hallam University)
- abstract
- presentation
- paper
‘“Something that others do”: applying personal experience to established definitions of volunteering’
Christine Reilly (Volunteer Development Scotland)
- paper
Paper Session G: Volunteer engagement
‘The conceptualisation and measurement of volunteer loyalty’
Walter Wymer (University of Lethbridge, Canada)
- abstract
- presentation
‘Volunteering and the recession: What role for the volunteer?’
Mike Danson (University of the West of Scotland)
- presentation
Paper session 3
Panel session 2: Volunteering in an ageing population
‘What can volunteering look like for the older age group in the 21st Century?’
Christine Irvine, Billy Eagleson and Helen Connolly (Volunteer Development Agency Northern Ireland)
- abstract
Paper session H: Counting volunteers: lessons from the environmental sector
‘Derbyshire Survey on Volunteering for the Benefit of Wildlife Conservation’
Emma Dagless (Volunteer Centres Derbyshire)
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- paper
‘From bean counting to behaviour analysis’
Miles Sibley (British Trust for Conservation Volunteers)
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- paper
Paper session I: Measuring volunteering
‘Counting volunteers: evidence from survey datasets in the UK’
John Mohan (Third Sector Research Centre)
- presentation
‘Formal volunteering in Wales’
Bryan Collis (Wales Council for Voluntary Action)
- abstract
- paper
‘The dynamics of volunteering in Great Britain: a longitudinal approach to measuring volunteering’
Daiga Kamerade (Salford Business School, University of Salford)
Paper session J: Understanding motivations and benefits of volunteering
‘Volunteering, happiness and the 'motherhood penalty'’
Christian Kroll (London School of Economics)
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- paper
‘An agenda for researching faith and volunteering'
Greg Smith (William Temple Foundation)
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‘Incapacity benefits: volunteering and employability’
John Lee (University of the West of Scotland)
- abstract
- presentation
Research Development Workshops
Research ethics (Maxine Birch, Open University)
- presentation
Commissioning and using research (Meta Zimmeck, independent consultant)
- presentation
Knowledge transfer and maximizing the impact of research (Irene Hardill, Nottingham Trent University, and Sue Baines, Manchester Metropolitan University)
- presentation
Using an action research approach in studies about volunteers and volunteering: the advantages and the challenges (Mike Aitken, Institute for Voluntary Action Research)
Roundtable discussion: Future research agendas- notes
