The Volunteer Centre Resource Library

Publications available at the office

MANAGING

Just About Managing: Effective Management for voluntary organisations and community groups
3rd edition
by Sandy Adirondack
published by LVSC: 2000.

Volunteers in Museums and Heritage Organisations: Policy, Planning and Management
Published by HMSO: 1991

From the Top Down: Executive Role in Volunteer Program success
by Susan J. Ellis
published by Energize Inc: 1996

THE LAW

The Voluntary Sector Legal Handbook
2nd edition
by Sandy Adirondack & James Sinclair Taylor
published by Directory of Social Change: 2001

Voluntary but not Amateur
6th edition
by Jackie Reason, Ruth Hayes, Duncan Forbes
published by LVSC: 2000

FUNDRAISING

A Guide to the Major Trusts
Volume 1: 2001/2002
by Luke Fitzherbert and Gavin Richards
published by the Directory of Social Change: 2001

A Guide to the Major Trusts
Volume 2: 2001/2002
by Louise Walker and Alan French
published by the Directory of Social Change: 2001

A Guide to Local Trusts: 2002/2003
by Alan French
published by the Directory of Social Change: 2002

Teach Yourself Fundraising
by Jenny Barlow
From the Teach Yourself Series
published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd: 2002

VOLUNTEERS

Somebody Else’s Problem: Working with Black volunteers
published by NAVB: 2000

Review of the Home Office Older Volunteers Initiaitve
by Colin Rochester and Romayne Hutchison with Margaret Harris and Laura Keely
published by the Home Office: 2002

Involving Older Volunteers: A Good Practice Guide
by Alan Dingle
published by the National Centre for Volunteering: 2001

My time, my community, myself: Experiences of volunteering within the black community
by Seema Bhasin
published by the National Centre for Volunteering: 1997

Barred Citizens: Volunteering and Active Citizenship by Prisoners
by Fionala Farrant and Joe Levenson
published by the Prison Reform Trust: 2002

Disability Equality in Volunteering
by Rachel Wilson on behalf of Skill
published by Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities: 1998

The A-Z of Volunteering And Asylum: A Handbook for Managers
by Ruth Wilson
published by Volunteering England: 2003

Chicken Soup for the Volunteer’s Soul
by John Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Arline McGraw Oberst, John T. Boal, Tom and Laura Lagane
published by Health Communities Inc: 2002

CITIZENSHIP

2001 Home Office Citizenship Survey: People, Families and Communities
by Chris Attwood, Gurchand Singh, Duncan Prime, Rebecca Creasey and others
published by the Home Office: 2003

The 1997 National Survey of Volunteering
by Justin Davis Smith
published by the National Centre for Volunteering: 1998

Volunteering for All? Exploring the link between volunteering and social exclusion
by Justin Davis Smith, Angela Ellis, Steven Howlett and Jan O’Brien
published by the Institute of Volunteering Research: 2004

VOLUNTEERING GOOD PRACTICE

The Good Practice Guide for Everyone who works with Volunteers
2nd edition
by Kate Bowgett, Kathryn Dickie and Mark Restall
published by the National Centre for Volunteering: 2002

Good Practice Guide: Getting it right together, Prisons and the Voluntary and Community based sector
Published by Clinks: 2001

Recruiting Volunteers: Attracting the people you need
by Fraser Dyer and Ursula Jost
published by the Directory of Social Change: 2002

Supervising Volunteers: An Action Guide for Making your Job Easier
by Jarene Frances Lee with Julia M. Catagnus
published by Energize Inc: 1999

The Right Stuff: New Ways of Thinking about Managing Volunteers
by Meta Zimmeck
2001

A Choice Blend: What volunteers want from organisation and management
by Katharine Gaskin
A report for the Institute for Volunteering Research and the England Volunteering Forum: 2003

Mini-guide
Selecting Volunteers
by Kate Bowgett
published by Volunteering England: 2003

Mini-guide
Safe Involvement of Volunteers with Vulnerable Clients
by Mark Restall
published by Volunteering England: 2003

Mini-guide
Deciding whether to involve Volunteers
by Kate Bowgett
published by Volunteering England: 2003

Mini-guide
Making your organisation accessible
by M.T. McManus, A Kerr, T Lazard
published by Volunteering England: 2003

Mini-guide
Risk Management
by Kathryn Dickie
published by Volunteering England: 2003

Voluntarymatters3
A unique and essential training resource for everyone who works with volunteers
(Video and booklet)

COMPANY GIVING

The Guide to UK Company Giving
3rd edition
by John Smyth
published by: Directory of Social Change: 2000

The Two Way Street: Towards partnerships for the mutual benefit of business and voluntary and community organisations
Report by Taskforce 2002
Published by NCVO

COMPACT

National Compact: getting it right together

Volunteering: a Code of Good Practice
published by: The Home Office: 2002

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Compact
The Principles for Working Together in Parntership
June 2001

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Compact
Consultation Code of Practice
March 2003

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Compact
Funding and Resources Code of Practice
March 2003

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Compact
Volunteering Code of Practice
February 2004

VOLUNTEERS IN SOCIAL SERVICES

Changing the face of social services – volunteers adding value in service delivery
By Alex Parish, Jane Heath and Meryem Hassan
Published by the National Centre for Volunteering: 2003