Mix, match or meddle?  The challenges of supporting small voluntary organisations

Submitted by Jo Pearce on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 14:53
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The third seminar in the 2009/2010 BIVAR series was held on 10 March at the Mary Ward Centre. The topic for discussion – ‘Does size matter?’ – was one close to our hearts at IVAR and proved popular, with over 40 people attending. The session looked at the role of small-scale voluntary sector activity and examined how best this work might be supported.

Ben Cairns (Director, IVAR) and Marilyn Taylor (Emeritus Professor at the University of the West of England, and IVAR Research Fellow) presented their paper entitled ‘Mix, match or meddle? The challenges of supporting small voluntary organisations’.

Ben looked at the distinctive challenges of organisation and management faced by small voluntary and community organisations (VCOs), while Marilyn drew on recent national and international work to consider whether, how and when these needs might best be supported, through both 'capacity building' and 'community development'.
 

To download the full powerpoint presentation click here