Building bridges
The aim of the workshop is to bring together volunteer managers and researchers to strengthen collaborative working. We have three objectives:
- To share existing knowledge on developments in volunteering research and practice
- To identify future research priorities
- To build collaborations
Key questions for volunteer research and practice
Participants will be asked to reflect on three key questions regarding volunteering research and practice:
- Research: What’s the current state of volunteering research?
- Practice: To what extent do volunteer managers and their organisations currently engage with volunteering research?
- Research and practice: What are the future research priorities for the volunteering movement?
These questions will be discussed on round tables, with a few key speakers invited to offer their reflections on these questions in order to kick start the discussions. We ask all participants to come along having reflected upon these questions, to bring with them any examples of research that they want to share, and with a willingness to actively engage in discussions.
Agenda
10.30 -10.45 – Arrival, tea and coffee
10.45-11.15 – Welcome, introductions and aims of the day
- Chris Wade, NNIVA,
- Ruth Leonard, AVM
- Angela Ellis Paine, VSSN
11.15am – 12.20pm – What’s the current state of volunteering research?
Brief reflections from Howard Davis, Bangor University, Justin Davis Smith, CASS Business School, Margaret Harris, Aston University and John Mohan, University of Birmingham before moving into group discussions.
12.20pm -13.10pm – Lunch
1.10pm – 2.15pm – To what extent do volunteer managers and their organisations currently engage with volunteering research?
Brief reflections from Helen Timbrell, Samaritans, Tiger de Souza, National Trust, Rachael Bayley, Ramblers and Chris Reed, British Red Cross, before moving into group discussions
3.00pm – 3.30pm – Building bridges: reflections on the day and working together to take the agenda forward
- Karl Wilding, NCVO,
- Chris Wade, NNIVA,
- Ruth Leonard, AVM
- Angela Ellis Paine, VSSN
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