Mobilising Voluntary Action in the UK
Learning from the Pandemic
Edited by Irene Hardill, Jurgen Grotz and Laura Crawford
Published
Oct 18, 2022Page count
202 pagesISBN
978-1447367222Dimensions
203 x 127 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Oct 18, 2022Page count
202 pagesISBN
978-1447367246Dimensions
203 x 127 mmImprint
Policy Press
Mobilising Voluntary Action in the UK
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.
"The book transcends the prevailing Angiocentric bias in British social policy, showing the ideological and institutional differences between the four nations of the UK that shaped how the voluntary sector responded to the pandemic...The book then impressively charts the different pathways taken by the four nations." Social Policy & Administration
"As the nature of the pandemic evolves throughout 2023 (and beyond), this book serves as an important call to action for leaders to work together to stabilize and invest in this critical part of the community." Voluntas
“This is a meticulously researched, insightful and highly readable volume on the far-reaching impact of the pandemic on voluntary action in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland." Paul Chaney, Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD)
“This engaging, highly readable book provides important insights into variations in voluntary action across the UK’s four nations. Whilst focusing on responses to COVID-19, its findings have much wider relevance.” Angela Ellis Paine, University of Birmingham
Irene Hardill is Professor of Public Policy at Northumbria University.
Jurgen Grotz is Director of the Institute for Volunteering Research at the University of East Anglia.
Laura Crawford is Teaching Fellow at the University of Birmingham.
1. Researching in a pandemic - Laura Crawford, Irene Hardill and Jurgen Grotz
2. Voluntary action and the pandemic across the UK - Ewen Speed, Laura Crawford and Alasdair Rutherford
3. England - Eddy Hogg, Joanna Stuart, Amy McGarvey and Catherine Goodall
4. Northern Ireland - Denise Hayward, Nick Acheson, Andrew Hanna and Martina McKnight
5. Scotland - Matthew Linning and Debbie Maltman
6. Wales - James Lundie, Sally Rees and Rhys Dafydd Jones
7. The road(s) to recovery? Discussion and conclusion - Laura Crawford, Irene Hardill and Jurgen Grotz
