This will be a free interactive facilitated event promoting dialogue between academics and voluntary sector practitioners, policy makers and other stakeholders from a broad range of third sector organisations.
Key note speaker
Professor Sarah Skerratt, RSE
Overall aim
The conference will let you:
Hear from some of the latest third sector research projects
Discuss findings and share learning around impact
Meet and network with other third sector researchers and academics involved in voluntary sector-related research.
Description
Following the wide-ranging events that take place during Volunteer Week in Scotland in the first week of June, this full-day event will cast a critical eye over the many facets of impact that relate to the third sector in Scotland.
This research symposium is jointly hosted by The Voluntary Sector Studies Network (VSSN) and the Third Sector Research Forum (hosted by Evaluation Support Scotland), the University of Glasgow, Youth Link Scotland, Volunteer Scotland and Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO).
Themes for the day include:
The impact of volunteering and the third sector in different settings, including health, wellbeing and the wellbeing economy
The impact of small community organisations and place-based volunteering
How does the sector navigate working with the local grassroots communities?
How to measure the value of the sector and to understand the place of evaluations and measuring impact in the third sector
The impact of doing research in collaboration with volunteering organisations and the impact of community led research on research values and ethics.
Who is the event aimed at?
This in-person event is aimed at anyone who does, uses or commissions research about volunteering or community and third sector organisations, in particular:
Members of the Third Sector Research Forum
VSSN members
Third sector researchers
Academics involved in third sector-related/community-led research.
Other Information
Please note places will be confirmed on a first come, first served basis.
This event is fully booked, but you can ask to be added to the waiting list.