What happens next? Following third sector organisations in an age of austerity - 16 November 2011
London Seminar, Rob Macmillan View presentation
Exploring the role of the third sector in the delivery of commissioned employment services - 8 November 2011
Birmingham seminar, James Rees, Rebecca Taylor and Chris Damm. View presentation
Are charities in England and Wales succumbing to market forces? - 19 October 2011
London seminar series, Dr Simon Teasdale
Growing the Grassroots - 18 October 2011
The role of grassroots arts activities in communities, Cecil Sharp House, London. More
Knowledge Portal Launch - 14 October 2011
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Informing civil society: the work of the Third Sector Research Centre - 14 October 2011
TSRC presented findings from their first three years of research, at the British Library in London. More
The future of work in the third sector - 22nd September 2011, London
TSRC and Work Futures Research Centre explored issues affecting the third sector workforce in a changing policy environment. More
Mainstreaming the environment? Third sector action on climate change and environmental sustainability - 20th July 2011
London seminar series, Rebecca Edwards (TSRC) and Faye Scott (Green Alliance). See presentation
Beyond the radar: maximising the impact of community activities - Friday 8th July 2011
As the focus on localism and community increases, but funding is reduced, how can community groups and activists achieve their aims? More
Bridging the social investment gap - 1st July 2011
A Co-operatives Fortnight event, held by TSRC, Co-operatives UK the ISBE Social and Sustainable Enterprise Network and Social Enterprise Coalition. More
A co-operative approach to social care - 30th June 2011 more
Charitable causes in the 20th Century: trends in the foundation of charities - 29th June 2011
London Seminar series, Peter Backus
The future of the third sector - 15th-17th June 2011
A Cumberland Lodge conference in association with the Third Sector Research Centre
This event brought together leaders in the sector alongside influential researchers to interrogate the impact of recent policy changes. More
Housing and community empowerment - 9th June 2011
TSRC and HACT held a national conference to explore the role that housing providers and voluntary and community organisations can play in building empowered communities. more
Still below the radar? Community groups and activities in a changing policy environment - 18th May 2011
London seminar series
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From the Third Sector to the Big Society: continuities and discontinuities in policy and politics in the UK, 20th April 2011
London seminar series. See presentation by Professor Pete Alcock
The impact of evaluations in the third sector - 5 April 2011, London
In depth discussions around measuring the impact of third sector organisations and the effects that evaluation has on third sector organisations. More
Rethinking Research workshops - 4 April 2011, London
TSRC, SRA, NCVO, NCRM, ARVAC and Ipsos MORI. Workshops to help small and medium size voluntary and community groups make better use of research. more
The equality impact of 'Big Society' - 17th - 18th March, Middlesex University, Hendon
The recent NHS white paper and its implications for TSOs, 16th March 2011, London Seminar
Dr Helen Dickenson. Presentation
Researching the Third Sector through Time: Methods, Ethics and Insights, 9th March, Leeds
Hosted by Timescapes Initiative. Programme/ Speakers
The ambitions and challenges of SROI, 16th February 2011 2-3.30pm
London seminar by Malin Arvidson and Fergus Lyon. See presentation.
Big Society - Southampton Seminar, 10th February 2011, 12-1.30pm
Professor Pete Alcock, TSRC and Professor Bernard Harris, University of Southampton unpack big society discourse and explore Big Society in context of the welfare state. See presentation.
2010
Is charity a homogenous good?, Birmingham seminar series, 24 Nov 2010. Peter Backus looked at the "efficiency" of tax incentives for charitable giving, and whether economic factors affect all types of giving in the same way. See full paper
Social impact measurement as an entrepreneurial process, 19 November 2010, University of Birmingham. Professor Fergus Lyon discussed how social enterprises are accounting for their social and environmental impact. See presentation
Using knowledge for social good, 27 October 2010
This joint seminar with AURIL explored ethical questions raised by specific research topics, such as criminal justice and personalisation, as well as more general issues surrounding the sharing of research knowledge more
Can multi-purpose, community anchor organisations demonstrate their advantage?, 26th October 2010
In this era of ‘Broken Britain’ and the ‘Big Society’, community anchors are under more pressure than ever to demonstrate the benefits they bring by being multi-purpose. This workshop discussed how best to identify and measure this 'advantage’.
Summary of outcomes
Finding ‘hidden’ groups of little Big Society, 19 October 2010, TSRC seminar series, University of Birmingham. Dr Andri Soteri-Proctor discussed early findings from TSRC’s micro-mapping project. More
Service Delivery and Social Enterprise, 12 October 2010
This seminar, with PMPA, brought TSRC researchers together with a number of public sector officers to discuss burgeoning issues and concerns within public service delivery. TSRC researchers shared work around the voluntary sector’s experience of service delivery, and the place of social enterprise. Read an event summary
Big society evidence seminar, 11th October 2010
TSRC and NCVO invited leading academics, voluntary sector representatives and government departments to discuss what we know about some of the main themes underlying the Big Society agenda. see write-ups and more.
Management practices: are not-for-profit organisations different? 30 Sept 2010
TSRC seminar series, University of Southampton. Sarah Smith, CMPO and Dept. of Economics, University of Bristol. more
Interpreting Democratic Governance Conference, 24th September 2010, De Montfort University
TSRC held a session on the third sector and democracy, with presentations by Pete Alcock, Simon Teasdale and Elke Loeffler. See papers
Big Society or Civil Society? 20 July 2010, TSRC seminar series, University of Birmingham
Professor Pete Alcock explored the emerging policy environment under the new Coalition Government in the UK. He asks whether rhetoric about the Big Society signifies a major shift in policy on the sector. See presentation
Speaking Truth to Power: Participatory Action Research, 1 July 2010, A joint seminar between the School of Education and TSRC
This event explored a range of techniques for, and issues in, developing participatory action research. More information
The impact of recession on employment in the voluntary and community sector, 22nd June 2010
TSRC Seminar Series, University of Birmingham
Professor Steve McKay and Dr Domenico Moro examined the effects of the recession on employment in the third sector. More
Alternative Forms of Non-Governmental Organisations, 17th June 2010
A Joint seminar between POLSIS and TSRC, 10am-4pm, University of Birmingham. This seminar explored what the UK can learn from alternative international models of Third Sector working. more
Migrant and minority community organisations: funding, sustainability and the role of research, Tuesday 8 June 2010
This event launched findings from MODA and Middlesex University's research into the funding and resources available to migrant and minority organisations in London. More
'Dark matter' of the third sector: what local listings do and don't tell us, 18th May 2010
Professor John Mohan, TSRC seminar series, University of Birmingham. More
Supporting social entrepreneurship in higher education, networking event, 12th May 2010
Unltd and Hefce, University of Birmingham
This interactive networking event was part of the HEI Social Enterprise Programme from UnLtd, The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, and Hefce (Higher Education Funding Council for England).
The Role of Financial and Social Capital in Social Enterprise Development, 5th May 2010
4pm, University of Southampton
Steven Pinch, School of Geography, University of Southampton. Download abstract
Third Sector Question Time, 27th April 2010
Birmingham Voluntary Services Council held a Third Sector Question Time, chaired by Professor Pete Alcock, TSRC Director. It was an opportunity for third sector organisations to hear political party representatives discuss their policies with regard to voluntary and community action. More
Social enterprise: what lies beneath the big tent?, 20th April 2010, University of Birmingham
In this short seminar, Dr Simon Teasdale explored some of the academic, policy and practitioner discourses shaping the social enterprise agenda. See abstract. View presentation
Re-mixing the Digital Economy of Welfare, 29th March 2010
This seminar, hosted by TSRC, focused on the information challenges facing third sector organisations. It formed part of the ESRC funded seminar series 'Remixing the economy of welfare'. More
Question Time: the Third Sector and our future generations - 17th March 2010, Birmingham
The Third Sector Research Centre and youth charity Envision offered young people from Birmingham the chance to debate important third sector issues, and find out more about what the 'third sector' is. This event was part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science. More
Make your mark on society - 15th and 16th March, Exeter/ 18th and 19th March, Bristol
As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, TSRC held stalls at the UCAS higher education fairs in Exeter and Bristol. Working in collaboration with NCVO and CGAP, we let young people know about opportunities offered by the third sector. More
Volunteering Counts Conference 2010 - 1st and 2nd March
This conference brought together academics, practitioners and policy-makers to explore how we can measure, record and count volunteers and volunteering. Speakers included Duncan Scott and John Mohan from TSRC. More
Learning in action! Social enterprise and the community and voluntary sector: myths and realities
February - March 2010. More
National Dialogue on Strengthening Democracy - 11th February 2010
The Civil Society Research Cluster, led by Lincoln University, and the Take Part Network held an open dialogue to discuss more inclusive approaches to active citizenship. More
2009
VSSN Day Conference, 2nd December 2009
The Third Sector Research Centre hosted the latest VSSN Day Conference in Birmingham...more
Rethinking Community Cohesion, 14th October 2.30 – 5.30pm, Birmingham
This event offers different perspectives on segregation and community relations
More information and presentations
Gender and Social Enterprise Workshop, 22nd June 2009
TSRC and CEEDR held a joint workshop to explore the state of research gender and diversity within social enterprise...more
Empowering migrant and refugee community organisations to make a difference, April 2009
A TSRC and Joseph Rowntree Foundation Seminar More
Roundtable discussion, October 2008
What's next for the co-production of public services? more
Centre Launch, 23rd October 2008
The Centre was formally launched at a well-attended event in Maple House, Birmingham. Over 130 people attended the launch, including representatives from national and regional third sector and public sector agencies, academics and practitioners.
A very successful group workshop was held to gather ideas and priorities for the Centre’s work. Download a more detailed report of this consultation