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    • Time Well Spent: Diversity and volunteering
    • 1. At a glance
    • 2. Introduction
    • 3. What does volunteer participation look like?
    • 4. How diversity is viewed by organisations
    • 5. Organisational experiences with diversity and volunteering
    • 6. What are the key issues and learnings?
    • 7. Concluding reflections and implications
    • 8. Appendix- more on our research approach
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Time Well Spent: Diversity and volunteering

Research report

  • Kim Donahue
  • Keeva Rooney
  • Véronique Jochum

Published: 17 December 2020

  • Foreword
    • Acknowledgements
  • 1. At a glance
    • Introduction
    • What does volunteer participation look like?
    • How diversity is viewed by organisations
    • Organisational experiences with diversity and volunteering
    • What are the key issues and learnings?
    • Concluding reflections
  • 2. Introduction
    • 2.1 About this report
    • 2.2 Scope, approach and limitations
    • 2.3 Overall aims
    • 2.4 Our methods
    • 2.5 Definitions
  • 3. What does volunteer participation look like?
    • 3.1 Context
    • 3.2 Who participates and who doesn't?
    • 3.3 In what setting are people more likely to volunteer?
    • 3.4 How satisfied are volunteers and why?
    • Spotlight
  • 4. How diversity is viewed by organisations
    • 4.1 How diversity is talked about
    • 4.2 How diversity ‘fits’ within the organisation
    • Spotlight
  • 5. Experiences with diversity and volunteering
    • 5.1 Where organisations are in their journey
    • 5.2 Diversity as a priority
    • 5.3 Future aims and aspirations
  • 6. What are the key issues and learnings?
    • 6.1 Setting the context
    • 6.2 Organisational culture
    • 6.3 Leadership
    • 6.4 Capacity and resources
    • 6.5 Volunteer management
    • 6.6 Attitudes of volunteers and staff
    • 6.7 Volunteer data
    • 6.8 External perceptions
    • 6.9 Community engagement
    • 6.10 Further research needed
    • Diagram
  • 7. Concluding reflections and implications
    • 7.1 Key findings
    • 7.2 Key implications for practice
  • 8. Appendix
    • Methodology
    • Research and literature
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