Author Archives: Matt Hill
Silver service: Barriers to volunteering among the over-75s …and how to overcome them
Matt discusses findings from IVR’s evaluation of the first year of Abbeyfield’s Residents as Volunteers project, which aims to recruit over-75s to volunteer. Continue reading
Does volunteering improve mental health?
On World Health Day, we look at the evidence for whether volunteering can have a positive effect for people with depression and anxiety disorders. Continue reading
Hospice volunteers: Bridging the gap to the community?
Matt Hill and Sara Morris discuss their research, commissioned by Marie Curie, on the changing role of hospice volunteers. Continue reading
Volunteers who deliver: How many are involved in public service delivery?
Volunteers week (1st-7th June) has brought much discussion of the role of volunteers in service provision and in particular whether it should be increased... Continue reading
Are there three million new volunteers?
The Conservative manifesto claims a huge increase in volunteering but what does the data say Continue reading
Is volunteering really open to all?
Looking at how class, gender, age and ethnicity shape volunteering - especially access to leadership roles and the very nature of the volunteer experience Continue reading
Ten things you should know about the latest volunteering and voluntary sector research
Insights from the 11th International Society for Third Sector Research Conference in Muenster, Germany 22-25 July, 2014. Continue reading
“It’s the economic value, stupid”…but is volunteering really worth £100bn to the UK?
Why does the ONS value volunteering at £45.1bn, with the DWP and Cabinet office topping up that figure up by £70bn? We take a look at the reasoning behind the statistics. Continue reading
Volunteering and the recession
What the national level data show on formal and informal volunteering, and why it's important. Continue reading
