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coverage of @esrc-funded work on effects of Covid on charity finances highlighted in The Guardian editorial tinyurl.com/muwp66ny - thanks @ncvo for support with the project; project findings at birmingham.ac.uk/documents/coll…

covered also in The Guardian editorial tinyurl.com/muwp66ny Birmingham School of Social Policy College of Social Sciences

not sure Karl Wilding @danrcorry @civilsocietyUK @ncvo that cash interventions "worked" unless you've compared fate of orgs that got funding compared to (1) those that sought funds but didn't get them and (2) the charity population in general.

the three degrees @3rdsectorrc - very proud of our latest three PhDs receiving their degrees College of Social Sciences @uobsocialpolicy last week; from L - R Dr @etaylorcollins, Dr Doctor MunRobot 🗑🔥 & Dr James Bowles - many congratulations!!

Job alert – post @3rdsectorrc w. John Mohan on contribution / impact of charitable / voluntary sector providers of institutional health care to mixed econ of UK health care >1948; also working w. @drellenstu @strathswspke @lshtmhistory jobs.ac.uk/job/CVS537/res….

another call for NHS volunteers - but will it be heeded? insights from volunteering research birmingham.ac.uk/news/2022/will… Karl Wilding IVR @danrcorry @helentimbrell Birmingham School of Social Policy College of Social Sciences

important refs to Beveridge's emphasis on participation here Karl Wilding - but he also said that a prerequisite for gtr citizen engagement was ensuring their material needs were met: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2022/will… David Boyle @helen_barnard

TSRC IVR Dan Corry @HelenTimbrell Birmingham School of Social Policy College of Social Sciences It's a different genre to your excellent post, but you might like robjacksonconsulting.wordpress.com/2022/09/30/im-…

various papers by @3rdsectorrc at birmingham.ac.uk/research/tsrc/… - plus numerous earlier publications; more details in january but on closures etc., dissolutions in UK low relative to recent trends

ICMI please note the following vacancy is still open - closing date 15th January - for those with interests in the role of charity/vol sector in NHS since 1948.

Latest @3rdsectorrc article on charity financial vulnerability from onset of Covid-19 - open access, tinyurl.com/5n7usfkr - 20 yrs of charity financials put recent trends in context Karl Wilding @danrcorry @probonoecon Will Moy thanks @ncvo @esrc

❓How did the #COVID19 pandemic affect charities' incomes? Prof John Mohan and colleagues have just published a huge study in the Journal of Social Policy ⬇️ cambridge.org/core/journals/…

New UoB research shows charities suffered much more sizeable drops in income during Covid than those associated with the Great Recession and subsequent period of public spending austerity.

Look at stability of volunteering in 75+ group across this 20 year period; small proportionate drop also in 65-74 group. Compared to later birth cohorts they grew up / came to adulthood with strong welfare state + reasonably secure economic prospects? 2/3

Much larger proportionate reduction in younger age groups for later birth cohorts. 25-34 in particular – those in this bracket now experienced great recession while at school / around the time they became adults so story of their lives one of growing insecurity. 3/3

But decline not consistent across all groups of the population. 20 yrs survey data show particular decline among young adults in later survey waves who up thru a succession of crises; perhaps unsurprising if there's a -ve effect on participation

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📢FIRST-LOOK In our latest guest blogpost, John Mohan reflects on the challenges facing Keir Starmer's #LabourParty, and gives an exclusive preview of his new book, Volunteering in the United Kingdom. Out next week! 👇👇👇 tinyurl.com/yzrdpfxu

Can we create a ‘spirit of service’ for volunteering in the UK? Prof. John Mohan explores volunteering policy in the UK and the conditions that need to be created to increase volunteering levels: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/how-…