Voluntary Sector Working Papers

This new series follows the former CVO (Centre for Voluntary Organisation) working paper series and disseminates research undertaken by students on the MSc in Voluntary Sector Organisation. The purpose of the working papers is to contribute to, and inform discussion about, the distinctive issues faced by the voluntary sector. They are aimed at individuals who work in and with voluntary agencies, as well as academics, researchers and policy makers. The working papers are published as downloadable documents and thereby are widely accessible. In some cases the research reported in a working paper may be further developed for a refereed publication.

Series editor: Dr Sarabajaya Kumar, Programme Director, MSc in Voluntary Sector Organisation

Editors: Dr Sarabajaya Kumar, Dr Siobhan Daly, former CCS Research Officer and Jonathan Roberts, PhD student , researcher and occasional lecturer, MSc in Voluntary Sector Organisation.

The Voluntary Sector Working Papers have been made possible by a grant generously given by the Charities Aid Foundation.

Abstracts for each working paper can be viewed by opening the 'bookmarks' tab at the left hand side of each pdf file. 

• Voluntary Sector Working Paper 1 
  Branding the Local Church: reaching out or selling out? - Graham Dover
  March 2006  ISBN: 0 7530 1959 0
   
• Voluntary Sector Working Paper 2
  Ties that Bind? An empirical exploration of values in the voluntary sector: value importance, hierarchy and consensus in independent hospices in the UK - Peter Elson
  April 2006  ISBN: 0 7530 1960 4
   
• Voluntary Sector Working Paper 3
  Robin Hood in Reverse: exploring the relationship between income and charitable giving - Beth Breeze
  July 2006  ISBN: 0 7530 1962 0
   
• Voluntary Sector Working Paper 4
  High-Engagement Philanthropy: the grantees perspective - Catherine Herrold
  August 2006  ISBN: 07530 1967 1
   
• Voluntary Sector Working Paper 5
  Bridging the Gap between Emotion and Strategy: a study of change in the relationship between national campaigning organisations and their networks of local groups - Donald Ritchie
  October 2007 ISBN: 07530 1968 X
   
• Voluntary Sector Working Paper 6
  Service User Empowerment in a Disability Charity - Annie Hedges
  October 2007 ISBN:07530 1969 8
   
• Voluntary Sector Working Paper 7
  How does one voluntary organisation engage with multiple stakeholder views of effectiveness? - Sarah Mistry
  January 2008 ISBN:07530 1970 1
   
• Voluntary Sector Working Paper 8
  Can the Compact guard the independence of voluntary organisations and the autonomy of their stakeholders? - Jonathan Roberts
  January 2008 ISBN:07530 1966 3

• Voluntary Sector Working Paper 9
  Social Capital: an assessment of its relevance as a conceptual and policy tool - Aoife Gilligan Quinn
  September 2008 ISBN: 978-0-85328-231-0
   
• Voluntary Sector Working Paper 10
  Coming in from the cold? The impact of the contract culture on voluntary homelessness agencies in England - David Chater
  September 2008 ISBN: 978-0-85328-232-7

Last updated 24 September 2008

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