Showing posts with label useful links. Show all posts
Showing posts with label useful links. Show all posts

Monday, April 16, 2012

Links to useful websites on social care and issues affecting social care in the United Kingdom.

The Poverty Site: The UK site for statistics on poverty and social inclusion
www.poverty.org.uk

Joseph Rowntree Foundation: Inspiring social change
www.jrf.org.uk

The King’s Fund: Ideas that change health care
www.kingsfund.org.uk

ResPublica: Changing the terms of debate
www.respublica.org.uk

Care UK: A leading independent provider of health and social care
www.careuk.com

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Useful links to EU and UN web pages


I've got from  Hayley  Fisk

Please follow these links where useful publications for      – blog imvoinsocare  -    can be down-loaded.


Volunteering in the European Union (2010) GHK [on behalf of the EA-CEA and the DG-EAC]… is found at:



Europe 2020: A European strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (2010) European Commisson… can be found here:



Communication on EU Policies and Volunteering: Recognising and promoting cross-border voluntary activities in the EU (2011) European Commission… can be found here:



State of the World’s Volunteerism Report (2011) Robert Leigh [on behalf of the United Nations (Volunteers)]… is available here:


Ivo Zambello

Friday, December 9, 2011

Useful links on volunteering in social care


I’ve got from Hayley (INSIGHT)  -  UK

Here are some links to volunteering news in the UK (the first 3 are in chronological order and it is interesting to see how the news evolves over time):




The following link covers many different interesting stories about volunteering:


The following link is a download-able television programme aired on the 13th of September 2011 on prime-time television. The ‘two hairy bikers’ are celebrity chefs, and they are on a mission to save ‘meals-on-wheels’ which is a service that delivers meals to older people (involving volunteers).