The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) are launching a series of reseach projects looking into volunteering and diversity throughout 2020.
The first stage (spring 2020) will look at the perspective of organisations by:
- Reviewing existing evidence
- Getting feedback from organisations about what they’re doing and their experiences to date
- Conducting ‘expert’ interviews
- Developing case examples.
The purpose of this is to understand what diversity means to volunteer-involving organisations and explore their aims, priorities and experiences in this area.
The second stage (summer/autumn 2020) will take a more focused approach, informed by what stakeholders have said they’d like the NCVO to prioritise during the first stage. Examples could be the non-volunteer perspective (such as what stops certain groups from getting involved in volunteering), or a particular area of diversity, such as volunteering and disability.
An important aspect of the research is that the NCVO want to hear from volunteer-involving organisations about what they’re doing, and their experiences. If you’re interested in sharing your perspective and/or want to be kept informed about the research fill out this short form.
Questions about any of the series of reports planned can be sent by email to amy.mcgarvey@ncvo.org.uk
