Synopses & Reviews
Expectations about the contribution that volunteering can make are at a new high. This book aims to meet this interest by bringing together in one volume what is known about the phenomenon of volunteering; the principles and practice of involving volunteers; and the enduring challenges for volunteering in todays world.
About the Author
COLIN ROCHESTER founded the Centre for the Study of Voluntary and Community Activity at Roehamptom University. ANGELA ELLIS PAINE is Director of the Institute for Volunteering Research, UK. STEVEN HOWLETT is Director of the Centre for the Study at Voluntary and Community Activity at Roehampton University, UK. MICHAEL LOCKE is Director of Public Affairs at Volunteering England.
Table of Contents
PART I: Volunteering Today
Making Sense of Volunteering: Capturing the Diversity of Voluntary Action
Profiling Voluntary Action
An International Perspective
PART II: A Changing World
A Changing Society
Public and Social Policy and its Impact
The Changing Face of Volunteering
PART III: Issues of Organisation and Management
Motivation and Recruitment
Rewards and Retention
Co-ordination and Management
Measuring Impact
PART IV: Enduring Challenges
Changing the Image
Making Volunteering Inclusive
Asserting Volunteerings Independence from Government
Defending the Spirit of Volunteering from Formalisation