People in the UK are volunteering less – it’s not surprising and could get worse, theconversation.com (Aug 04, 2023) - The shop where the currency is kindness, positive.news (May 16, 2023)
- Charity trustees can invest for positive environmental impact – landmark legal ruling, Pioneers Post (May 05, 2022)
Events
Jun 1 - 7, 2023 (Thu - Wed) — Volunteers Week
Resources
Video
Citizens data initiative
OpenCharities, A quick and simple project to open up the information on the UK's Register of Charities, and make it available to the community in a variety of forms. It's built by the people behind OpenlyLocal.com, a project to open up local government data and other local public sector information.[1]
"Research guesses put the number of under-the-radar groups at around 900,000." Navca[2]
NCVO UK Civil Society Almanac, statistics on the Voluntary Sector and Civil Society in the UK
Research for the Home Office Citizenship Survey 2001 showed that just under two fifths of people took part in formal volunteering (39%, taking part at least once in the last 12 months), whilst two thirds of people (67%) volunteered informally.[3]
Research
- Civil Society Futures, "a national conversation about how English civil society can flourish in a fast changing world"
Other resources
See also
- Community and voluntary action
- Community currencies activism
- Community involvement UK, Community involvement UK news
- Localism UK
- Rural sustainability UK
- Urban sustainability UK
- Networks UK
- local information can be found, or shared, via our many UK location pages
External links
- Wikipedia: Charities based in the United Kingdom (category)
- Projects, experiments.friendsoftheearth.uk, Steal our ideas, Please take the ideas we love but cannot work on, experiments.friendsoftheearth.uk
- Charity Commission for England and Wales, non-ministerial government department that regulates registered charities in England and Wales. W
- The Conservation Volunteers Green Gym programme aims to provide people with a way to enhance their fitness and health while taking action to improve the outdoor environment. It can be seen as enabling people to get fit who would not normally attend a conventional gym or sports centre. W
- National Association for Voluntary and Community Action, national membership body for local support and development organizations in England. It is a registered charity, based in Sheffield, and was previously called the National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service (NACVS). NAVCA is a strategic partner of the Department of Health (government) and the Cabinet Office's Office for Civil Society. W
- National Coalition for Independent Action
- National Council for Voluntary Organizations, umbrella body for the voluntary and community sector in England. NCVO works to support the voluntary and community sector and to create an environment in which an independent civil society can flourish. NCVO has a membership of over 10,000 voluntary organizations. These range from large national bodies to community groups, volunteer centres, and development agencies working at a local level. W
- Volunteering England
- WWOOF UK
References
- ↑ opencharities.org
- ↑ civilsociety.co.uk, 19 Dec 2011
- ↑ Home Office Research Development Statistics link not found, June 2015
