Birkbeck / IVAR seminar -29th April 2010. Being generous with time and money
Birkbeck / IVAR seminar series 2009 - 2010
Being Generous with Time and Money
Seminar 3 - Thursday 29th April 2010
Prof. Jenny Harrow: Resilience and rationing in philanthropy: concepts and “comeback” in giving time and money.
Givers of time and money face multiple pressures in periods of economic downturn, both in choosing and in refusing to give. The rise of the concept of ‘resilience’, among third sector organisations and third sector people, has been marked, notably since its appearance in the public policy discourse (such as the Scottish Government’s ‘Resilience Fund’). With institutional givers responding to falling assets, refocused funding choices are made. As forthcoming work from the Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy will suggest, rationing may be coming into play; an older concept with a new mandate. This paper considers these “comeback” concepts as re-emerging themes in the study and practice of philanthropy, and examines linked developments in public policy thinking.
Dr. Steven Howlett: Student volunteering and community organisations.
One in six students in their first year of study, according to some surveys, become involved in volunteering. At a time when many organisations are relying heavily on volunteers, and students are increasingly seeing the value of obtaining experience before entering tight labour markets, there is interest and potential to increase student engagement with local organisations. There is a need, however, to understand some of the barriers to participation within this distinctive, and at times neglected, type of volunteering. This presentation briefly considers the field of student volunteering, asks how students allocate their time and availability, and suggests some of the emerging approaches to better linking student and organisational needs to increase participation of this group in voluntary action.
Speakers:
Jenny Harrow is Professor of Voluntary Sector Management in the Centre for Charity Effectiveness at Cass Business School. She leads the Centre’s research interests in voluntary and community sector organisations and is the Principal Investigator for the School's ESRC Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy. Jenny is also a member of the Faculty of Management’s Centre for Research in Corporate Governance and was formerly Co-Director of the Cass Business School Doctoral Programme She has held a range of London-based posts in the voluntary sector and is currently a trustee of a disability grant-making trust and of the Institute for Voluntary Action Research.
Dr. Steven Howlett is Senior Lecturer at Roehampton University where he is involved in the post graduate Human Rights Practice course and undergraduate business degrees. Steven previously worked at the Institute for Volunteering Research and recently co-authored Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century with Colin Rochester and Angela Ellis Paine, and co-edited Volunteers in Hospice and Palliative Care with Ros Scott. Steven is the editor of the Research To Practice page of e-volunteerism and he sits on the boards of ARVAC, Reach and the Association of Volunteer Managers as well as being a school governor.