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Measuring impact in the third sector
Collection of interviews with adult social service department representatives with a role in third sector commissioning on how they measure the effectiveness of third sector... -
Working lives and careers in the third sector
Qualitative interviews with third sector employees and volunteers exploring the roles, identities and careers of third sector paid and unpaid workers, as well as third sector... -
Black and minority ethnic third sector: voice and influence
Interviews with individuals and organisations that explore the current position of the Black and Minority Ethnic voluntary and community sector (BME VCS) in relation to voice... -
Carbon conversations and the third sector
Interviews investigating an existing Third Sector Organisation (TSO) pro-environmental behaviour change intervention, Carbon Conversations. The study aimed to : (1) Understand... -
Service delivery in the third sector
Third sector organisations are increasingly important in the provision of a wide range of public services in the UK. This central role has developed rapidly, both under the... -
Countries of overseas operation of charities registered in England and Wales
These data provide information on the countries of overseas operation of registered charities in England and Wales. Two sets of files are provided: (i) 201 country files, which... -
Charity and social redistribution: Quantitative and qualitative perspectives
Materials from research project including transcriptions of interviews and survey data; in-depth interviews with 41 individuals from different occupations, including public... -
Civil society organisations in Scotland, 2017
Dataset created by merging the records held by the Office for the Scottish Charity Register with an administrative database, Milo, managed by the Scottish Council for Voluntary... -
Self-building social care: Interviews and focus groups with people with learn...
These data were generated as part of a two-year ESRC-funded research project examining how people with learning disabilities and their allies are responding to changes in social... -
State Narratives - Data Collection and Preparation, 1945-2018
We accessed state narratives through identifying, collating and reviewing documents such as white and green papers, policy papers and research reports, speeches, parliamentary... -
Religion in Multi-Ethnic Contexts: Qualitative Interviews with Chaplains, Cha...
The research considered the ways that faith is experienced and negotiated by seafarers on board cargo ships as well as the provisions for faith/welfare made by charitable... -
Voluntary Sector Narratives, 1945-2018
We obtained the voice of voluntary action from the archives of five national voluntary organisations. Prior to submitting the proposal to ESRC we obtained privileged access to... -
A Survey of Food Banks Operating Independently of the Trussell Trust Food Ban...
Food banks – charitable projects providing free parcels of food for people in need to take away, prepare and eat - have existed in high-income countries for decades, but their... -
Mobilising Voluntary Action in the Four UK Jurisdictions: Policy Review, 2010...
We have identified, accessed and assembled relevant policy documents. These documents have been born digitally and have been downloaded from websites already in the public... -
Mobilising Voluntary Action in the Four UK Jurisdictions: Anonymised User Dat...
The data collections consists of two sets of anonymised user data, containing location of volunteering activity, socio-demographic factors and efficacy factors e.g. time taken... -
Mobilising Voluntary Action in the Four UK Jurisdictions: National Surveys, 2021
National teams developed bespoke surveys for each nation. The findings were summarised in national reports. The data tables from the surveys in England, Northern Ireland, and... -
Combating Human Trafficking in Zimbabwe: The Role of Non-governmental Organis...
The first set of data is secondary data on child exploitation in Zimbabwe that the project collected from the NGO partner, CLZ. The data was collected through a 24 hour helpline... -
Conventional Religion and Common Religion in Leeds, 1982
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The aim of this study was to investigate the religious practice, experience and belief in the northern... -
Hampshire Rural Facilities Survey, 1983
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The survey describes the level and pattern of facility provision in rural Hampshire in 1983. Main... -
Rural Services in Avon, 1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The purpose of this study was to survey facilities and services in villages in Avon and to compare the...