strategy
Supporting voluntary organizations
Synonyms:
Assisting voluntary sectorEncouraging community service
Nurturing volunteer societies
Promoting cause of voluntary workers
Improving effectiveness of volunteers
Servicing third-sector activities
Supporting volunteers
Coordinating third-system services
Context:
The third sector is the primordial sector. Throughout history, humans beings have always established social communities first. They develop rules of social exchange, embed their members in complex reciprocal relationships and build up social trust. The third sector plays a critical role in establishing social trust and making markets and trade possible. The cultural institutions of a society, its churches, secular institutions, civic associations, fraternal organizations, sports clubs, art groups, non-governmental organizations and the like are the well-spring of social trust.
Implementation:
For three-quarters of a century the National Council for Voluntary Organizations has championed the cause of voluntary organizations in the UK and worked to increase their effectiveness. It provides services in securing resources and effective management, and provides information and advice on developing voluntary work.
Claim:
Third sector participants share the belief in the importance of service to the community and the creation of social capital. The potential for a new third force in political life has not yet been galvanized into a mainstream social movement. This is because the millions of people who either volunteer or work in this sector have not seen themselves as part of a potentially powerful constituency.
Narrower:
Enabling clubsTraining voluntary helpersValuing volunteer servicesSupporting service leaguesFostering civic institutionsSupporting occupational guildsDeveloping nonprofit enterpriseCreating voluntary service corpsNurturing religious institutionsStrengthening volunteer governanceOffering internet service for NGOsSupporting professional associationsStrengthening volunteer service forceBroadening voluntary engagement meansStrengthening status of volunteer groups Facilitated by:
Establishing national government NGO departments Values:
VoluntaryInvoluntary Organizations:
International Council of Voluntary Agencies Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations International Federation of Workers' Education Associations African Voluntary Organization for Child and Maternal Care European Council for Non-Profit Organizations International Society for Third-Sector Research International FORUM on Development Service Ex-Volunteers International Union of West African Voluntary Workcamps Associations Volonteurope Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies European Volunteers for Development Resourcing Foundations - Associations and Voluntary Organizations in the European Union Association of Voluntary Service Organisations Liaison Committee of Development NGOs to the European Union United Nations Development Fund for Women Voluntary Organizations in a Citizen's Europe European Network of Older-Volunteer Organizations Forum of African Voluntary Development Organizations International Federation of Health Plans Asian Volunteers' Network United Nations Volunteers European Volunteer Centre Association of Voluntary Agencies for Rural Development American Council for Voluntary International Action British Volunteer Agencies Liaison Group National Council for Voluntary Organizations Centro Volontari per il Mondo Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Committee on Central America European Documentation Centre for the Volunteer Work in the 19th and 20th Centuries AVSI Foundation Federazione Organismi Cristiani Servizio Internazionale Volontario Returned Volunteer Action Catholic Network of Volunteer Service Centre for Civil Society Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Subjects:
Communication → PromotionSocial Activity → Voluntary
Social Activity → Workers
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
