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Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · Sep 4

Always great to hear directly from the sector leaders about how to structure systematic change. Some key insights include: unlocking the potential of the sector, creating enabling conditions and understanding the history and power dynamics of exist relationships. #vssn2025 #vsvr25

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Voluntary Sector Studies Network @vssn1.bsky.social · Sep 3

🏆 Congratulations to Toby Blume, Peter John, Dyana Mason @dyanamason.bsky.social, and Marios Petropoulos - winners of this year’s Voluntary Sector Review Best Article Prize!

📖 Read the award-winning article here: doi.org/10.1332/2040...

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Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · Sep 3

How you engage the VCSE sector in research meaningfully. #vsvr25 #vssn25

Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · Sep 3

Branden Bingle talking a bout the barriers for people engaging in health and social care research. Importance of ‘what’s in it for them’ reflects what we see in our research as well. Need to show the value of participation. #vssn25 #vsvr25

Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our first plenary with Stephen Osborne discussing his he challenges and opportunities of voluntary sector organisations delivering public services, a topic that hits home with my own past work #vssn25

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Voluntary Sector Studies Network @vssn1.bsky.social · Sep 3

☕ Not long now until the main conference begins!

Day 1 of #VSVR2025 kicks off today at @bayesbschool.bsky.social. We’ll be exploring the theme Creating Change Together with a packed programme of keynotes, parallel sessions, and panel discussions.

Watch this space for updates throughout the day!

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Voluntary Sector Studies Network @vssn1.bsky.social · Sep 3

We’re underway at #VSVR2025!

Angela Ellis Paine (Bayes CCE) and Vita Terry (VSSN Co-Chair) opened the conference this morning with a warm welcome and reflections on the theme Creating Change Together.

Great to see the room filling with energy for the two days ahead!

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Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · Sep 3

Back at @bayesbschool.bsky.social for the wonderful #VSSN25 conference!! So many amazing presentations and organisations here as always with great focus on how we can create change together. Thanks to @vssn1.bsky.social, @ncvo.bsky.social and @voluntaryactionislington

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Voluntary Sector Studies Network @vssn1.bsky.social · Jul 15

🎥 Missed our latest New Researchers Online Session?

You can now watch Ellen Bennett’s @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social presentation on theory in voluntary sector research. Perfect for anyone revisiting the big ideas that impact our field.

📺 Watch here: www.vssn.org.uk/2025/07/14/v...

Voluntary Sector Research: A deep dive into theory, by Ellen Bennett (Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Business School). – VSSN

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Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · Jul 15

New paper out yesterday! From Dr. E. Katharina Sarter and my covid-19 work looking at spatiality of service delivery - doi.org/10.1111/spol...

We were very fortunate to have such great voluntary sector organisations as case studies who have provided us an incredibly rich dataset.

Spatiality of Service Delivery in the Covid19 Pandemic: Transcending Spatial Boundaries or Accommodating Logistical Challenges?

Considerations of ‘place’ and ‘space’ have become common in the literature on public and human services, most importantly in the form of ‘place-based’ approaches and ‘trusted space’. Whilst these all...

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Policy Press @policypress.bsky.social · Jul 13

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · Jul 12

It's #BristolPride2025! 🏳️🌈

Today, we’re spotlighting new articles on #LGBTQIA issues, from evolving #Transgender laws to the relevance of #QueerTheory and the shifting landscape of #PrideEvents.

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How moral panic against trans people is shaping UK law in 2025: From boardroom quotas to legal definitions - Transforming Society

Sandra Duffy Golden examines the UK Supreme Court’s ruling that trans women, even with legal recognition, do not fall under the Equality Act’s definition of “sex,” highlighting its role in fueling…

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Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · Jul 12

Amazing Vandals at Work four floor installation on the river Ouse in York. Raising money for the outstanding work of SASH - Safe and Sound Homes here in York with tons of street art talent

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Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · Jul 11

@prof-stig.bsky.social asking very important questions of the role of civil society in community cohesion. Right now we need ways to come together so his team is looking at what’s been found from previous study. #pppconf2025

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People, Place and Policy (PPP) Journal @ppp-journal.bsky.social · Jul 11

Third Sector Session #PPPConf2025

Peter Horner, @cresr-shu.bsky.social explored key ideas about meta-organisations

@drlizbailey.bsky.social, @york.ac.uk presented research mapping the Third Sector workforce

James Rees, @wlvuni.bsky.social discussed civil society's role in reducing social divides

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A presenter stands in front of a computer desk in front of an audience seated in rows. On the large screen next to the presenter is a slide from the presentation

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Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · Jul 11

Valeria Guarneros-Meza’s work reinforces some of things we are seeing in our own vcse mapping project about lack of understand of work of the sector and importance of the sector. #pppconf2025

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Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · Jul 11

Always thought provoking @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social! Important to really think about realities of participatory work. We often see this in the voluntary sector: balancing the demands on the sector, the degree of support needed to join in research and articulating the benefits to them. #pppconf2025

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Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · Jul 11

Hearing his lament for the cancelling of sure start is something that really resonates. First project I worked on as a masters student compared that with its us cousin. Such an innovative programme #pppconf2025

Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · Jul 11

@ppp-journal.bsky.social - Lord David Blunkett is echoing the break down in solidarities we highlighted last week at the @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social

His call for us to come together and re-engage in both social and voluntary action gives us hope fo a way through the present moment. #pppconf2025

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Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · Jul 8

It was really interesting to both observe and experience the crossing from Greek to Turkish Cyprus!! #scos2025

Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · Jul 8

Some insights from #scos2025 with Anne Theunissen and Grace Lordan getting us to reflect on different gendered aspects of work as well as Agnieska and Igor Postula having us consider the odd liminal spaces of managers. Lots of ideas of work to revisit.

Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · Jul 7

Excellent workshop from @lfb500.bsky.social and Caro Hunter! #scos2025

Experiencing Crossings through Craft - using the new materials approach. Really felt emotional about giving over a creation to others and learning a lot about communication and collaboration!

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Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · Jul 7

Extremely important discussion about queerness and work. Some similar themes to race and work here. Eg inclusion, having to constantly educate, and various forms of conforming to pass at work. Thanks to Anne Theunissen and Grace Lordan #scos2025

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Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social · Jul 7

York represents at #scos2025

Persistent inequality in accessing the elite professions in the UK. Compounded by social stratification and lack of ‘correct’ cultural capital.

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