Good evening all
The Archives & Records Association last year published a report on volunteering in the archive sector. You can find it here along with a few other handy reports:
http://www.archives.org.uk/ara-in-action/campaigns/volunteering/volunteering-reports-and-case-studies.html
If I think of any others I will push them over.
Happy weekend
Jenni Waugh
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From:Sally Fort <[log in to unmask]>
Sent:Fri, 24 Apr 2015 21:10:40 +0100
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Subject:Re: Evaluation re volunteering
>Fantastic thank you so much Jo - I knew there'd be something!
>For anyone else interested I haven't had any responses / reports as yet, however I'll give it another week or two then circulate the full list of everything I know of in general re data and social outcomes / impact and other heritage volunteering evaluations.
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>Thanks again
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>Sally Fort
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>Hi Sally,
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>A name check on GEM - you’ve made me so proud!
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>Within HLF’s research bank, the fullest piece of volunteering related research is a 3-year social impact study undertaken for HLF by Burns Owens Partnership 2009-11. You can find it here, along with earlier social impact work from 2006-7: https://www.hlf.org.uk/social-benefits-involvement-heritage-projects#.VToJhGYtAdU
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>The research captured volunteer demographics and motivations as well as impacts for individual volunteers including skills development and measures relating to wellbeing:
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>· the majority of volunteers on HLF projects were relatively older, white and high levels of education; volunteering opportunities play an important role for them, often helping to bridge the transition from work to retirement;
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>· however, where projects did engage those beyond the ‘typical’ heritage volunteer, the individual impacts are all the more powerful (for example, despite the dominance of older people within the HLF volunteer pool, it is younger volunteers that are most likely to make the greatest improvements in skills development);
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>· for many existing volunteers, the heritage itself is a significant motivating factor, with other factors such as skills development coming much lower down the list of motivations [for these older people]. This suggests the sector may be missing out on many potentially mutually beneficial relationships with others who’s motivations, for example, include employability.
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>There is also some data around volunteering demographics and output in our 2012-13 output data survey (our Heritage Grants and Our Heritage programmes only): https://www.hlf.org.uk/visits-volunteering#.VToF0WYtAdU
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>In terms of case studies, you can filter the examples in the ‘Our Projects’ section of our website by theme – ‘additional filters include ‘volunteering’ and ‘LGBT’ for example : https://www.hlf.org.uk/our-projects/search-our-projects/field_theme/volunteering-10130#l2
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>Gloucester Rugby Football Club community heritage: https://www.hlf.org.uk/our-projects/gloucester-rugby-football-club-community-heritage-project#.VToC4mYtAdU
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>Deaf Heritage: https://www.hlf.org.uk/our-projects/deaf-heritage#.VToDJmYtAdU
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>Crime on the home front: https://www.hlf.org.uk/our-projects/crime-homefront-policing-bishops-stortford-during-first-world-war#.VToDpGYtAdU
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>Exhibition on gay life in the SW: http://www.hlf.org.uk/our-projects/exhibition-gay-life-and-lgbt-movement-bristol-bath-and-surrounding-region#.VTpseGZOXcs
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>Lincolnshire Heritage at Risk: https://www.hlf.org.uk/our-projects/lincolnshire-heritage-risk-project#.VToCJGYtAdU
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>Scotland’s Rural Past: https://www.hlf.org.uk/our-projects/scotlands-rural-past-0#.VToFQmYtAdU
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>Our good practice guidance on volunteering might be helpful: https://www.hlf.org.uk/volunteering#.VTn-VGYtAdU although it sounds like you have enough.
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>Thanks to @MirandaStearn for pulling this info together.
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>Good luck with next steps and best wishes,
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>Jo Reilly
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>From: List for discussion of issues in museum education in the UK. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sally Fort
>Sent: 23 April 2015 16:08
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>Dear Gem
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>Hello I wonder if any of you can help.
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>Would any of you be kind enough to send me evaluations you have of volunteering projects and programmes?
>These will of course be treated in confidence and will not be shared, it's to inform my own thinking about the kinds of outcomes for volunteers and organisations of such programmes, as well as any particular challenges and opportunities, in preparation for a few related projects I have on the horizon.
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>I have a ton of resources about volunteering and some experience of my own, however I'd really like some specifically from our sector in terms of museums and other heritage organisations to check if I'm overlooking anything and ensure I'm conscious of any (unintentional) assumptions of my own.
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>- HLF funded activity
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>- How volunteers you may have trained / worked with / mentored etc have gone on to have a wider volunteering or work force development / capacity impact on other organisations or projects (ie a ripple effect)
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>- Volunteers in a LGBT heritage context
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>- Volunteers working with archives
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>- Volunteers involved in creating and advocating digital resources
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>- Volunteers developing heritage activity with non-heritage organisations (e.g. community groups, festivals etc)
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>- Good practice in training and retaining volunteers
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>- Longer term / longitudinal monitoring of outcomes and impacts of volunteering
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>Jo Reilly - also if there's any relevant reports / case studies you can signpost me to on your lovely HLF bank of excellent information, please do, much appreciated!
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>Thanks so much
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>With best wishes
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>Sally
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>Sally Fort
>Consultant: cultural projects
>www.sallyfort.com
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