COVID-19 and the Voluntary and Community Sector in the UK

James Rees is Reader at the Institute for Community Research and Development (ICRD) at the University of Wolverhampton.Rob Macmillan is Principal Research Fellow at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR), Sheffield Hallam University.Chris Dayson is Professor of Voluntary Action, Health and Wellbeing, Sheffield Hallam University.Christopher Damm is Research Fellow at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR), Sheffield Hallam University.Claire Bynner is Lecturer in Social Justice and Community Action at the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh.

"The chapters provide useful fine-grained detail on the diversity of the voluntary sector, from the large national organizations to ‘hyperlocal’ ones, from mutual aid to community business and social enterprise sectors." Social Policy & Administration

• Chapter 1: Introduction – James Rees, Rob Macmillan, Chris Dayson, Chris Damm, Claire BynnerChapter 2: Mobilising the Voluntary Sector: Critical Reflections From Across the Four UK NationsNick Acheson, Laura Crawford, Jurgen Grotz, Irene Hardill, Denise Hayward, Eddy Hogg, Rhys Dafydd Jones, Matthew Linning, Sally Rees, Alasdair Rutherford, Ewen Speed, Amy McGarvey, Catherine Goodall and Joanna Stuart, Debbie MaltmanChapter 3: Bouncing Back: The Employment of Sector Attributes To Recover From CrisesTony Chapman, Durham UniversityChapter 4: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Formation and Dissolution of Charitable OrganisationsDiarmuid McDonnell (University of the West of Scotland), Alasdair Rutherford (University of Stirling) and John Mohan (University of Birmingham).Chapter 5: Paying the Price of “Doing Good” in the Face of CrisisSarah Smith (Nottingham Trent University), Tracey Coule (Sheffield Hallam University), Daniel King (Nottingham Trent University)Chapter 6: Shifting Sands: Challenges and Opportunities for the Voluntary Sector During the COVID-19 PandemicJon Burchell, Joanne Cook, Harriet Thiery, Erica Ballantyne, Fiona Walkley, Silviya Nikolova, Daniel HowdenChapter 7: At the COVID-19 Frontlines: Voluntary Sector Support for Refugee and Migrant Families in Glasgow – Maureen McBride, Elaine Feeney, Clara Pirie and Jane CullingworthChapter 8: The Value and Contribution of BAME-Led Organisations During and Beyond COVID-19 – Abigail Woodward, Beth Patmore, Gilli Gliff, Chris DaysonChapter 9: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Advocacy Work of Voluntary Sector Organisations in WalesElizabeth Cookingham Bailey (University of South Wales), E. Katharina Sarter (University of South Wales), and Vita Terry (IVAR)Chapter 10: Community Ownership of Physical Assets in Changing Times: The Context of Opportunities in the Pandemic – Carina SkropkeChapter 11: The Impact and Effect of COVID-19 on BAME Led Voluntary Sector Organisations: Resilience and New Ways of Working- Karl MurrayChapter 12: Voluntary Sector Organisations, Older People and Healthy Ageing During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Chris Dayson, Emma Bimpson, Angela Ellis-Paine, Joseph Chambers, Jan Gilbertson and Helen KaraChapter 13: Emotions in the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector During the Pandemic – Vita Terry, Houda Davis, and Marilyn TaylorChapter 14: The Experience of Community-Led Businesses During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Sophie ReidChapter 15: The Response of Voluntary Community Sports Clubs to COVID-19 – Geoff Nichols, Lindsay Findlay-King, Fiona ReidChapter 16: The Latent Strength of Community Ties: How Voluntary Sector Infrastructure Organisations Utilised Their Local Networks in Response to COVID-19 – Lucy SmithChapter 17: How Many of Us Had Pandemic in Our Risk Register? A Snapshot of Experiences of Community Buildings During the First Lockdown of 2020 – Ann Hindley and John WilsonChapter 18: Leading Through a Pandemic – Patricia Armstrong and Jayne StuartChapter 19: Afterword – Margaret Harris