Research Conference: Perspectives on Scotland’s Third Sector Impact

This research symposium is jointly hosted by The Voluntary Sector Studies Network (VSSN) and the Third Sector Research Forum (hosted by Evaluation Support Scotland), the University of Glasgow, YouthLink Scotland, Volunteer Scotland and Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO).

Themes for the day include:

• The impact of volunteering and the third sector in different settings, including health, wellbeing and the wellbeing economy.
• The impact of small community organisations and place-based volunteering.
• How does the sector navigate working with the local grassroots communities?
• How to measure the value of the sector and to understand the place of evaluations and measuring impact in the third sector.
• The impact of doing research in collaboration with volunteering organisations and the impact of community led research on research values and ethics.

The conference will let you:

• Hear from some of the latest third sector research projects.
• Discuss findings and share learning around impact.
• Meet and network with other third sector researchers and academics involved in voluntary sector-related research.

Who is the event aimed at?

This in-person event is aimed at anyone who does, uses or commissions research about volunteering or community and third sector organisations, in particular:

• Members of the Third Sector Research Forum.
• VSSN members.
• Third sector researchers.
• Academics involved in third sector-related/community-led research.