📢 Call for Papers – Special Issue of Voluntary Sector Review @brisunipress.bsky.social Evaluations for better philanthropy 🗓️ Deadline: 17 Jan 2027 🔗 More info: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

📢 The latest issue of Voluntary Sector Review @brisunipress.bsky.social is out now and it features research on: 🌀 Volunteer motivations 🌀 NGO roles in homelessness 🌀 Leadership & care ethics 🌀 Digital emotions 🌀 Corporate volunteering & more Read: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

⏳ Two weeks left to apply for the VSSN Small Grants Scheme 2025! Funding available for UK-based activities, from workshops and seminars to podcasts and creative outputs, that advance voluntary sector research and practice. Deadline: 21 Nov 🗓️ 🔗 www.vssn.org.uk/small-grants/

Join VSSN member Jane Cullingworth & the Disability and Youth Transitions team for an online workshop on 2 Dec! Explore findings from the 3-year ESRC-funded study, with reflections on: • Social participation • Family life • Social care • Employment Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/policy-imp...

FREE online webinar Wed 5th Nov 12-1.30pm. To register (get the link) go to: events.humanitix.com/november-web... Four short presentations and questions. Great speakers: Christian Krekel,Team Kinetic,Laura Shobiye,Janine Partington and colleagues. @volunteerscotland.bsky.social @vssn1.bsky.social

The VSSN Small Grants Scheme 2025 is now open! Deadline: 21 Nov 2025 🗓️ We fund UK-based activities like workshops, podcasts, seminars or creative outputs that advance voluntary sector research and practice. Open to VSSN members – more info & how to apply: 🔗 www.vssn.org.uk/small-grants/

E. K. Sarter and Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey discuss how #Digitalisation in #PublicServices offers potential benefits but is limited by whether services are bound to physical space, requiring tailored strategies for different activities and tasks. https://ow.ly/MLfc50XkrqZ

The VSSN Small Grants Scheme 2025 is now open! Deadline: 21 Nov 2025 🗓️ We fund UK-based activities like workshops, podcasts, seminars or creative outputs that advance voluntary sector research and practice. Open to VSSN members – more info & how to apply: 🔗 www.vssn.org.uk/small-grants/

VSSN friends – can you help us grow the reach of Voluntary Sector Review? We're keen to connect VSR with wider audiences. LinkedIn is a key space for that. Support us by: Following the page Reacting & commenting Reposting Tagging others www.linkedin.com/company/volu... @brisunipress.bsky.social

Are you a new researcher in the voluntary sector? We want your views. Help shape the future of our New Researchers Online Sessions by filling out a short survey. Your input helps us: Choose the right topics Get the format right Offer the support you need The survey: tinyurl.com/new-research...

📖 New open access research from VSR @brisunipress.bsky.social What about the migrants? An exploration of organisational change in an asylum seeker and refugee voluntary sector organisation by Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey and Vita Terry Read: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

📖 New open access research from Voluntary Sector Review @brisunipress.bsky.social Ten years evaluating VCS women-centred support for vulnerable women and girls: what works? by Louise Warwick-Booth, Susan Coan & Ruth Cross Read: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

🔍 New open access research from Voluntary Sector Review @brisunipress.bsky.social @bupjournals.bsky.social Boundary crossing and elite attributes in European civil societies by Malin Arvidson, Jayeon Lee, Roberto Scaramuzzino & Anders Uhlin Read: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

Are you a new researcher in the voluntary sector? We want your views. Help shape the future of our New Researchers Online Sessions by filling out a short survey. Your input helps us: Choose the right topics Get the format right Offer the support you need The survey: tinyurl.com/new-research...

🎥 Watch the Day 2 #VSVR2025 plenary: "Staying true while gaining traction: Civil society’s contribution to system change from the edge and the centre" With Vita Terry, Navinder Kaur, Ken Kanu, Dawn Plimmer and John Everson. 📺 Recording here: echo360.org.uk/media/6082e3...

Missed the opening plenary at #VSVR2025? Watch: "Working together: Implications of an ecosystemic approach for the third sector" with Prof Stephen Osborne, Arvinda Gohil (Better Way Network), Fiona Longhurst (RVS), Mike Adamson (St Mungo’s). Recording now available: echo360.org.uk/media/88207f...

🗓️ One week to go until our next New Researchers Online Session! 📚 Join us on Fri 3 Oct, 12:00–13:00 BST for a conversation with VSR editors Lindsay Findlay-King & Oto Potluka on publishing in VSR. We’ll also reflect on #VSVR2025 and leave time for networking. 🔗 Sign up: tinyurl.com/newresonline

Are you a social sciences researcher with something to say? We’re inviting contributions to the Transforming Society blog. Share your insights, start conversations, and amplify your voice. #AcademicVoices #WriteForUs 🖋️

🧑‍💻 Calling all voluntary sector new researchers! Join us on Fri 3 Oct, 12:00–13:00 BST for our next online session. Lindsay Findlay-King & Oto Potluka, editors of Voluntary Sector Review, will talk all things publishing 📚 We’ll also reflect on #VSVR2025. 🔗 Sign up: tinyurl.com/newresonline

📝 VSSN member Jenny Raschbauer is researching learning and development in social sector organisations and needs your help! If you work or volunteer in a charity, CIC or VCSE organisation, share your experience in a short survey. 📲 Scan the QR code in the image to take part (10 mins max)!

That’s a wrap on #VSVR2025! We’re grateful to our conference partners: the Centre for Charity Effectiveness at @bayesbschool.bsky.social, @ncvo.bsky.social and @volactionislington.bsky.social for making it all possible.

We’re closing out #VSVR2025 with our final session, a practical workshop on building cross-sector research collaborations to create change together, led by Ellen Bennett, James Rees, and Carol Jacklin-Jarvis. A fitting end to two days of learning and collaboration here at @bayesbschool.bsky.social

🎙️ A busy afternoon of parallel sessions is underway at #VSVR2025! From devolution and place-based work to digital inclusion, advocacy, and third sector-university partnerships. Great to see such thoughtful research and practice being shared across rooms here at @bayesbschool.bsky.social

🌅 Good morning from Day 2 of #VSVR2025 at @bayesbschool.bsky.social ! We’re kicking off with a powerful plenary: “Staying true while gaining traction: Civil society’s contribution to system change from the edge and the centre” 🎤 Chaired by Vita Terry (VSSN). Let’s dive in!

🏆 Congratulations to Toby Blume, Peter John, Dyana Mason @dyanamason.bsky.social, and Marios Petropoulos - winners of this year’s Voluntary Sector Review Best Article Prize! 📖 Read the award-winning article here: doi.org/10.1332/2040... @bupjournals.bsky.social

That’s (almost) a wrap on Day 1 of #VSVR2025 at @bayesbschool.bsky.social! It’s been a full day of keynotes, panels, and discussions across themes of collaboration, resilience and research impact. Still to come: the Best Paper Prizes 🏆! @ncvo.bsky.social @volactionislington.bsky.social

A packed afternoon at #VSVR2025 here at @bayesbschool.bsky.social From funding and infrastructure to AI, data, collaboration, and participatory approaches, today’s sessions sparked discussion and insight across the sector. Plenty to take away as we round off Day 1 and more to come tomorrow!

We are heading into the first parallel sessions here at #VSVR2025 @bayesbschool.bsky.social ☕📚 Themes include equity and inclusion, volunteer experience, charity leadership, and research-practice collaboration. Plenty of insight ahead! @ncvo.bsky.social @volactionislington.bsky.social

Kicking off #VSVR2025 with opening plenary: 📣 Prof Stephen Osborne set the scene with reflections on systems thinking in public services and civil society. A response panel following: 🔹 Arvinda Gohil (Better Way Network) 🔹 Fiona Longhurst (Royal Voluntary Service) 🔹 Mike Adamson (St Mungo’s)

We’re underway at #VSVR2025! Angela Ellis Paine (Bayes CCE) and Vita Terry (VSSN Co-Chair) opened the conference this morning with a warm welcome and reflections on the theme Creating Change Together. Great to see the room filling with energy for the two days ahead! 📍 @bayesbschool.bsky.social

☕ Not long now until the main conference begins! Day 1 of #VSVR2025 kicks off today at @bayesbschool.bsky.social. We’ll be exploring the theme Creating Change Together with a packed programme of keynotes, parallel sessions, and panel discussions. Watch this space for updates throughout the day!

That’s a wrap on New Researchers Day #VSVR2025 A full day of discussions from enhancing engagement at conferences to sharing research across volunteering, democracy, and community change. Thanks to all who joined us today! @bayesbschool.bsky.social @ncvo.bsky.social @volactionislington.bsky.social

In Session 3 of New Researchers Day at #VSVR2025, we explored how change happens in practice: 🤝 Harriet Plows on advice orgs & care networks 🔍 Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social on researching the sector from within 🌐 Peter Horner on local infrastructure’s convening role

During Session 2 at #VSVR2025 New Researchers Day, we heard: 🗳️ Clara Kansiime on accountability & NGO impact in Uganda 🤝 Clare Harewood on trust in participatory research 🩺 Sophie Cole @sophiecole.bsky.social on health inequalities & voluntary sector support @bayesbschool.bsky.social

Before lunch at #VSVR2025 New Researchers Day, we heard: 🗳️ Sue Ansarie @sueansarie.bsky.social on Big Local volunteers 🔍 Thérèse Gaqua on associations & social action 🤝 Linda Cole @lindarcole.bsky.social on co-producing research with disabled volunteers @bayesbschool.bsky.social

Next up at #VSVR2025 New Researchers Day: 📣 Workshop on Enhancing communication and engagement at academic conferences: asking good questions! Facilitated by Rob Macmillan and Amy Sanders, helping us get the most out of presenting, participating and connecting. @bayesbschool.bsky.social

We also had a warm welcome this morning from Amy Sanders, Co-Chair of VSSN, as we kicked off New Researchers Day at #VSVR2025. Great to start the day with encouragement and connection across our research community! @bayesbschool.bsky.social @ncvo.bsky.social @volactionislington.bsky.social

🎓 New Researchers Day at #VSVR2025 is starting now at @bayesbschool.bsky.social! Helen Abnett @helenabnett.bsky.social, Chelle Coulton & Pat Danahey Janin are opening the day with a welcome and intro. A brilliant line-up of early career research ahead – let’s get started!

Learning is great for employee/volunteer well-being, development, progression, morale, motivation, retention and engagement. How many organisations embed a learning culture? VSSN member Jenny is researching this very topic. Please take 10 to complete the survey forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

📣 1 day to go to #VSVR2025! We’ll start with the New Researchers Day, followed by Day 1 with a welcome by Angela Ellis Paine and Vita Terry, and a keynote by Prof Stephen Osborne. Programme: tinyurl.com/VSVR2025programme @bayesbschool.bsky.social @ncvo.bsky.social @volactionislington.bsky.social

📣 Just 2 days to go until #VSVR2025 kicks off! We’re looking forward to inspiring sessions, panels and catching up with colleagues at @bayesbschool.bsky.social. Get ready: www.vssn.org.uk/2025-volunta... Explore the programme: tinyurl.com/VSVR2025programme

📅 Just 3 days to go until #VSVR2025! Cut the wait with our latest article: reflections from Perspectives on Scotland’s Third Sector Impact, now on VSSN News: 🔗 www.vssn.org.uk/2025/08/29/p...

📢 Just 4 days to go until #VSVR2025! The full conference programme is now available — explore the sessions, speakers, and themes across all three days. 📖 Take a look and start planning your schedule: 🔗 tinyurl.com/VSVR2025prog... Looking forward to seeing many of you at @bayesbschool.bsky.social

📅 Just 5 days to go until #VSVR2025 We’re starting with the New Researchers Day, packed with presentations on: 👐 Volunteering, participation & social action 🗳️ Democracy & grassroots voluntary action 🔄 Creating change together Join us at @bayesbschool.bsky.social 🔗 www.vssn.org.uk/2025-volunta...

📅 One week to go until the main #VSVR2025 conference kicks off at @bayesbschool.bsky.social! We’ll open with a plenary on “Working together: Implications of an ecosystemic approach for the third sector” by Prof Stephen Osborne. Looking forward to seeing you there! www.vssn.org.uk/2025-volunta...

Nanna Møller Mortensen, @caitlinmcmullin.bsky.social and Jacob Brix develop a model of organizational learning and co-production mainstreaming, which considers how co-production can be institutionalized and then mainstreamed through co-production culture www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 Today’s the day! It’s the final deadline to register for #VSVR2025. Don’t miss your chance to join us at @bayesbschool.bsky.social l this September, alongside @ncvo.bsky.social and @volactionislington.bsky.social . 📅 Book now: www.vssn.org.uk/2025-volunta... #VoluntarySector #CivilSociety #VSSN

📣 Just 5 days left to book your place at #VSVR2025! Join us at @bayesbschool.bsky.social this September for two days of sharing voluntary sector and volunteering research, organised in collaboration with @ncvo.bsky.social and @volactionislington.bsky.social. 🔗 www.vssn.org.uk/2025-volunta...

The VSVR conference 2025 is fast approaching. There is still time to register www.bayes.citystgeorges.ac.uk/faculties-an... There is an exellent line up of speakers on the theme of Creating Change Together: Civil society working beyond sector and organisational boundaries.

⏳ Just two weeks to go until #VSVR2025! We’re looking forward to welcoming researchers and practitioners to @bayesbschool.bsky.social Organised in collaboration with @ncvo.bsky.social and @volactionislington.bsky.social 📅 2–4 Sept | 🔗 www.vssn.org.uk/2025-volunta... 🗓️ Booking closes 25 August