This page provides an alphabetical listing of other organisations relevant to VSSN and its members.
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Association for
Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER) - this Canadian
association is for those who have an interest in research that pertains
broadly to nonprofit organisations and the social economy NOTE:
ANSER is one of VSSN's key link
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Association for Research in the
Voluntary and Community sector (ARVAC) - voluntary sector agency promoting
effective community action through research |
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Association for Research
on Nonprofit Organisations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) -
international sector research organization NOTE:
ARNOVA is one of VSSN's key link
organisations |
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Association for Voluntary Action
Research Ireland (AVARI) - VSSN's equivalent in the island of Ireland |
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Avec Resources - resources and
archives for researching church work and community work |
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Community University Partnership Programme, University of Brighton (CUPP)
- CUPP aims to address social exclusion through partnership working
between the University of Brighton and its local communities |
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Carnegie Trust UK Inquiry into the Future of Civil
Society - independent commission set up to strengthen civil society
in the UK and Ireland |
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Centre for
Institutional Studies (CIS) - CIS is dedicated to undertaking
research which contributes to the improvement of public policies. |
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CGAP - UK's first
research Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy |
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Charities Aid
Foundation (CAF) - international organisation providing specialist financial
services to charities |
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Charities Evaluation Services
- the UK's leading provider of training and consultancy to the voluntary
sector on quality and evaluation systems |
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charityinformation.net - is seeking through seminars and training to
develop the concept of the Charity Information Landscape, a third sector
resource exploring charities' web presence on the Internet |
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coMMUni - University/community
partnership based at Manchester Metropolitan University |
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Community Development Foundation -
helps communities achieve greater control over the
conditions and decisions affecting their lives; active in research,
evaluation and policy analysis. |
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Directory of Social Change
(DSC) - independent source of information and support to voluntary and
community sectors worldwide |
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Economic and Social
Research Council (ESRC) - the UK's leading research funding and
training agency addressing economic and social concerns |
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Global Social Change
Research Project - free resources in evaluation and social research
methods |
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Government Social
Research - career information, news, training, events and the latest
methodological developments for government social researchers |
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Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation
(GMCVO) - the support (infrastructure) organisation for
the voluntary sector in the sub-region of Greater
Manchester |
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Human Resource and Social Development Canada - report of the Task Force
on Community Investments |
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Institute for Volunteering
Research (IVR) - specialist research agency focusing on volunteering |
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International
Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) - international scholarly body
in the field NOTE: ISTR is one of
VSSN's key link organisations |
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National Association
for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA) -
the national voice of local third sector infrastructure in England
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National Council for Voluntary Organisations
(NCVO) - lead UK sector umbrella
body, with its own research team NOTE: NCVO is one
of VSSN's key link organisations |
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Non Governmental Public Action Programme - ESRC research programme
run by Centre for Civil Society, London School of Economics |
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Non-Profit and Voluntary
Sector Network (NVSN) - Canadian equivalent of VSSN |
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Office of the
Third Sector (OTS) - leads work across government to support the
third sector |
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Quality Scotland Voluntary
Sector Network - group of large Scottish charities who believe in
organisational excellence and business improvement |
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Regard - online
social science research database - now CLOSED: see "ESRC Society Today"
entry above (though the old Web address still works) |
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Science Shops Network
- international University/community partnership body |
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Social Research
Association (SRA) - association advancing the conduct, development and
application of social research |
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Social Services Research Group - an
independent network of individuals who provide a range of research
information, planning and evaluation in social care and health services |
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Social Science
Information Gateway (SOSIG) - social sciences information portal |
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StudentCorner -
European civil society resource portal for research, teaching and
teaching |
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Third Sector European
Policy (TSEP) network - brings together leading third sector and
public policy researchers to initiate analysis of the development of
European policy towards voluntary, nonprofit, NGOs or social economy
organisations |
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Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) - is a new centre dedicated to
world class research that analyses, maps and develops further
understanding of the third sector in the UK. NOTE:
TSRC is one
of VSSN's key link organisations |
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UK Evaluation
Society (UKES) - aims to promote and improve the theory, practice,
understanding and utilisation of evaluation |
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VolResource -
popular online voluntary sector resource and information agency |
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Voluntary Action History Society -
exists to advance the historical understanding and analysis of voluntary
action and to build a network of academics, students and practitioners
working in this field |
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Voluntary Sector Knowledge Network (Canada)
- a useful source of 'the best of the best' sites on voluntary sector
management |
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