We’re recruiting new panel members for our Independent Research Ethics Committee (IREC).
No need for prior ethics committee or academic experience - we value diverse perspectives and lived experience.
Find out more / apply: www.irec.org.uk/get_involved...
#IREC #ResearchEthics
Have questions about submitting an abstract for #VSVR2026? Join our online drop-in on 29 April, 12–1pm to ask about papers, panels, workshops and what to include in your abstract. Join using this link: teams.microsoft.com/meet/3270446...
A quick reminder to sign up for next Thursday’s New Researchers’ online session, 12:00-13:00 (UK time) on 16th April 2026. If you haven’t already, please sign up here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c26728...
Don’t forget to submit your abstract for #VSVR2026. We’re pleased to be organising this year’s conference in partnership with @bvscresearch.bsky.social and @ncvo.bsky.social
Submission deadline: 18 May
Read more and submit your abstract:
www.vssn.org.uk/2026-volunta...
VSVR 2026 call for papers is now open!
We welcome submissions for both the main conference and New Researchers Day. New for 2026: posters and lightning talks for New Researchers.
Read more: www.vssn.org.uk/2026-volunta...
Vol 17 Iss 1 of Voluntary Sector Review is out now! This issue includes research on digital volunteering, increasing volunteer participation, ethical leadership and more bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
@vssn1.bsky.social #ThirdSector #ThirdSectorStudies #Volunteering #Philanthropy
A promotional graphic for the "2026 Charity Digital Skills Report Survey," featuring the Charity Digital logo. The text encourages reflection on digital progress, learning about different areas, and identifying ways to move forward. The background is a light blue with a subtle heart design.
The 2026 @charitydigital.bsky.social Skills Report survey is now open! 🚀
We want to hear how your charity uses digital and AI - what’s working, what’s tough, and what needs to improve.
Share your experience: https://bit.ly/3PyN7iK
Survey Closes 20 April
#CharityDigiReport
Why connection matters: our Co-Chairs reflect on VSSN’s trustee away day, shared priorities for the year ahead, and ways to get involved in the network. Read the blog: www.vssn.org.uk/2026/03/19/c...
🎉 Tickets for the International Creative Research Methods Conference 2026 are now on sale.
Join us 7th–8th September in Manchester and online for two days of creative, inspiring approaches to research.
🎟️ Get your ticket:
creativeresearchmethods.com/
#ICRMC #CreativeResearchMethods
The image is a colorful promotional graphic for the "Fundraising Convention 2026" at QEII Centre, London, on June 4-5. It highlights the "Early Career Fundraisers Package" and includes a call to action to "Apply now." The Chartered Institute of Fundraising logo is at the bottom right.
Following the success of last year, we’re bringing back the Early Careers Track at #CIOFFC.
This is an opportunity to connect, learn, and grow alongside peers and sector leaders, all through a specially designed, discounted package.
Applications close on 13 March: https://bit.ly/3MHVUy6
🗓️ The Power of Us Conference 2026 @bvscresearch.bsky.social
VSSN is delighted to support this one-day event
📍 Birmingham City FC, St Andrew’s
📅 Thu 23 April 2026
🎟️ Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-power-...
Theme: In Partnership - creating spaces for trust, understanding & shared impact.
Don't forget to join the New Researchers informal online catch-up tomorrow!
📅 Wed 4 March | 13:00–14:00
Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a69d2f...
We hope to see you there!
VSSN New Researchers online session on careers!
📅 Thu 16 April 2026 | 12:00–13:00 (UK time)
Join former New Researchers @helenabnett.bsky.social and Chris Mills as they share their experiences of moving from PhD study into research careers.
Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c26728...
Early bird tickets are now available for #CIOFFC 2026! 🎉
Join fundraisers at the QEII Centre on the 4-5 June, to explore how small shifts can create big impact.
Check out last year’s highlights and grab your early bird ticket: https://bit.ly/4suOhdF
Yesterday our trustees and exec officers came together for a VSSN Away Day. Thanks to @prof-stig.bsky.social for hosting us at the University of Wolverhampton!
It was a chance to pause, reflect, welcome new trustees, and think ahead.
More reflections from the Co-Chairs soon - watch this space!
Are you a PhD student working in in the field of work and employment in the UK? Why not read about the value of postgraduate conferences, and consider submitting an abstract to our upcoming CERIC Doctoral Conference on 15 May here in Leeds?
www.linkedin.com/in/ceric-lub...
📣 VSSN member @helenabnett.bsky.social is speaking at the launch of Using Documents In Research, @brisunipress.bsky.social, editors Helen Kara & Aimee Grant
🗓️19 March | 🕙10am
Helen’s talk: using charity annual reporting data to explore representation
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/part-1-boo...
📝 VSSN member @pbphd.bsky.social is recruiting participants for a study on AI in donor/supporter comms.
If you work or volunteer in comms/supporter engagement, join an online workshop to share how you judge voice and authenticity.
💻 Online workshop | ✅ No prep
📲 Scan the QR code to sign up
A large group of people is gathered at the Fundraising Convention event, with a banner reading "Welcome to Fundraising Convention 2025" hanging above. Various booths and displays are set up, including one for our headline sponsor, Blackbaud. Attendees are mingling and engaging with exhibitors in a spacious, brightly lit room filled with natural light from large windows.
Looking for the best way to connect your organisation with hundreds of senior fundraisers?
With over 60% of exhibition stands already sold for #CIOFFC 2026, now is the time to secure yours!
For more information and the benefits, email corporate@ciof.org.uk.
Event poster for '2026 Fundraising: Creators, Partnerships & Letting Go' on Tuesday, March 17, 8:30-10 AM. Features speakers from WaterAid, Young Enterprise, and Prospecting Fundraising. Includes a QR code for registration.
We’re pleased to share a free upcoming event from Canopi exploring the future of fundraising storytelling.
Taking place on 17 March, the session will explore how storytelling, creators and partnerships are shaping fundraising in 2026.
Register here: https://bit.ly/4ckpeF0
New Researchers: informal online catch-ups (save the dates!)
We’re hosting two informal online New Researchers sessions to help you connect with others working on voluntary sector and volunteering research:
📅 Wed 4 March | 13:00–14:00
📅 Tue 2 June | 13:00–14:00
We hope to see you there!
Our annual CERIC Doctoral Conference will be on Friday 15 May 2026. Our call for papers is now live. The theme this year is Work and Employment in an Era of Global Reordering. Please click the link for more details: www.linkedin.com/posts/ceric-...
📢 Voluntary Sector Review Special Issue – Call for Papers: Unravelling Smaller Organisations.
🗓️ Abstracts due 27 March 2026 | Full papers due 29 May 2026
Guest editors: Katy Adams & Ellen Bennett
Details: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
@brisunipress.bsky.social
The most read articles published in Voluntary Sector Review in 2025 are available to read for free throughout February 2026.
Explore the collection here: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Most...
@brisunipress.bsky.social
Voluntary Sector Review's Early View @brisunipress.bsky.social
Strategic adaptation in a cold funding climate: Third sector experiences of employment support funding and commissioning in the UK after Brexit
Authors: J Rose, J Payne, P Butler
Read bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
💫 Early View from Voluntary Sector Review, @brisunipress.bsky.social
Money, power and free lunches: examining foundation–non-profit power imbalances in the context of capacity-building programmes
Author: Katy Adams
Read here: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
💫 Early View from Voluntary Sector Review @brisunipress.bsky.social
A behaviour change intervention to increase volunteer participation in charity
Authors: Daniel Guzmics, Elena Kalfova, Simeon Petrov, Tatyana Tomova, and Ivo Vlaev
Read here: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
Did you know? @brisunipress.bsky.social and Policy Press offer free or low-cost journal access, including Voluntary Sector Review, for eligible universities & nonprofits via Research4Life (www.research4life.org)
More info: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/sub...
#VSR #Research4Life
🔔 We're hiring!
Vacancies at the Nuffield Foundation:
➡️ Project Manager, Inclusive Grant Making
➡️ Research Grants & Programmes Manager (Welfare)
➡️ Trustee
We're also looking for a Governing Board Member @nuffieldfjo.bsky.social.
For more info, visit: bit.ly/3NKJhlH
📢 There’s still time to register for the VSSN New Researchers’ Online Session:
Tue 20 Jan 2026 | 12:00–13:00 GMT
This month: Jon Dean (Sheffield Hallam Uni) on researcher positionality & reflexivity + discussion, survey feedback, networking.
Sign up: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/03bf38...
