Impact

Our work adopts an approach that allows us to combine our existing experience as volunteers in the community, our academic experience as critical management scholars and reflections on volunteering as performed by volunteers in the three stage event organised by Sue Moffat, Director of New Vic Borderlines, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Our overall aim is to make a difference to the quality of life for the community of Stoke-on-Trent. Some expected areas of impact are:

  • Inform best practice guidelines for practitioners and organisations who rely on volunteers
  • Contribute to local debates about regeneration by providing a forum for volunteers to discuss and reflect on personal communities
  • Enhance the quality of life of communities by highlighting the well being benefits of volunteering
  • Contribute to public policy debates on the ‘third sector’ at a local, regional and national level