Research Digest
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11 Nov
Research Digest
To Serve and Protect: Bringing Diversity to Australia’s Emergency Services
Both the number of people involved in formal volunteering, and the number of hours individuals are dedicating to these roles, have declined in recent years.
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11 Nov
Research Digest
The Future of Sport Volunteering
Sport is commonly recognised as a key part of the Australian identity. Sport could not have become so firmly embedded within the social fabric of Australia without its volunteers.
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11 Nov
Research Digest
On solidarity and volunteering during the covid-19 crisis in Denmark: The impact of social networks and social media groups on the distribution of support
As an immediate reaction to the pandemic, many countries issued far-reaching lockdown measures and closed their borders.
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11 Nov
Research Digest
Leading and Managing in Tasmania’s Volunteer Sector
Across Tasmania, volunteers provide a range of services that protect, support, and enhance the wellbeing and development of individuals, enterprises, places, and communities.
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13 Apr
Research Digest
EPISODIC VOLUNTEERING: A Rapid Literature Review
This review integrated data from 33 relevant reports/articles. It included academic and grey literature from Australian and international literature, primarily from 2007 onwards. Key points include:
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13 Apr
Research Digest
BEST PRACTICE IN VOLUNTEER GOVERNANCE: A Rapid Literature Review
Ten recommendations were put forward; for example, ensuring that the key aspects of effective volunteer governance are included in any volunteer management framework.
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12 Apr
Research Digest
Volunteer work and its links to the labour market experiences of young people
This paper looks at how volunteering can benefit young people at the start of their careers. It uses existing literature and undertakes further longitudinal analyses, including the effects of volunteering on young people as they seek to access good jobs.
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12 Apr
Research Digest
Volunteering for Climate Action
The paper is structured around the four IVCO 2020 themes of advocacy and awareness, adaptation and resilience, capacity building, and policies and systems. It draws on a review of the literature in this area and primary research findings from a 2020 survey of volunteer involving organisations.
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12 Apr
Research Digest
Western Australia’s Not-for-Profit Landscape Report 2020: The Second Report on WA Charities
The Not-for-Profit UWA Research Team has released its latest WA Not-for-Profit Landscape Report. This publication illuminates key workforce and economic trends in WA’s Not-for-Profit sector; the 2020 report is the second report in the series (the first report was in 2017).
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12 Apr
Research Digest
COVID-19 and its Impact on Volunteering: Moving Towards Virtual Volunteering
Given COVID-19 social distancing measures, the traditional form of in-person volunteering is threatened. Virtual Volunteering (VV) is another way to volunteer. VV is more popular among youth in their 20s and 30s, people who are have post-secondary degrees, and unemployed people.