Booking is now open for the Next New Researchers online session, 12-1pm (UK time) on Tuesday the 21st of July 2026. Click here: Booking Link This session will focus on the upcoming Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research (VSVR) conference to be held in Bristol 8th-10th September (for more info, see: https://www.vssn.org.uk/2026-voluntary-sector-and-volunteering-research-conference/). We’re very happy to be joined by […]
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2026 Voluntary Sector & Volunteering Research Conference. Bookings now open.
Bookings are now open for #VSVR26 — the 2026 Voluntary Sector & Volunteering Research Conference! Join us in Bristol on 9–10 September for Evidence Into Action: Unlocking the Power of Civil Society Research. Connect with researchers, practitioners and policymakers shaping the future of civil society. Early bird rates available until 17 July. Book your place: https://vsvr2026.eventbrite.com #VoluntarySector #CivilSociety […]
VSSN Plenary Sessions from the September 2025 Annual Conference
Recordings of the plenary sessions at the September 2025 Conference at Bayes Business School in London can be found here and here.
VAHS Conference 2025 Registration Now Open
The Voluntary Action History Society’s Conference, ‘New Ways of Doing Voluntary Action?’, will take place at the University of Liverpool from 2-3 July 2025. Full details are available on the website https:/www.vahs.org.uk/events/conferences There are still places in the programme for late-application speakers, and there is a small fund for bursaries for speakers. If you are […]
VSVR conference 2025 Call for Papers – Drop in session on the 6th May
Call for papers, panel sessions and workshops The Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference 2025 theme is Creating Change Together: Civil society working beyond sector and organisational boundaries This will take place on 3–4 September 2025 (with New Researchers session on 2 September) at Bayes Business School, City St George’s, University of London, UK Thinking of […]
Upcoming Workshops on Digital Inclusion for Disabled Volunteers – London (5 June) & Salford (12 June)
From Daiga Kamerāde, Professor in Work and Well-being , School of Health & Society Director of Research Centre for Inclusive Society, University of Salford I’m pleased to invite you to a practical, in-person workshop exploring digital inclusion for disabled volunteers, based on findings from the Digitvol research project. We are running two sessions: London – Wednesday 5 June (12:30–4:00pm, […]
SAVE THE DATE: Perspectives on Scotland’s Third Sector Impact
Perspectives on Scotland’s Third Sector Impact For those who do, use or commission research about volunteering or community and third sector organisations Following the wide-ranging events that take place in Volunteers’ Week in Scotland in the preceding week of June, this day event will cast a critical eye over the many facets of impact that […]
Connecting knowledges, linking sectors, closing gaps
Blog by Amy Sanders and Jurgen Grotz On Tuesday, 25th June 2024 the Voluntary Sector Studies Network, Volunteer Now, NICVA, ARK, Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University jointly hosted a symposium in Belfast to explore pathways to collaborating on voluntary and community sector research in Northern Ireland. We recognised that research within and […]
Conference report and presentations – Diversity in the spotlight
The report and all presentations from our recent conference, Diversity in the spotlight: highlighting perspectives on race, culture and migrants, are now available to download. Thank you to all our speakers and attendees for a very stimulating start to what we hope will be a series of events exploring the marginalisation or absence of diverse […]
Report from Irene Hardill: Building bridges: Volunteering Research and Practice Workshop – 7 June 2018
Personal reflections Rather appropriately the Building Bridges volunteering research and practice workshop, co-hosted by the Voluntary Sector Studies Network, Association of Volunteer Managers and the Network of National Volunteer Involving Agencies and supported by NCVO, was held during Volunteering Week. Through their networks the co-convenors attracted a diverse audience united by a commitment to understanding […]
