Nonprofits are being forced to do more with less money, which may force many of them to close within the next couple of years.
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Social relationships are generally good for mental health, but too much social activity can backfire, leading to fatigue and feelings of guilt when there isn’t enough time to nurture relationships.
An army of mostly older, white volunteers run America’s voting sites. They’re reluctant to work during a pandemic. So new recruits are signing up to run the polls, for better and for worse.
Visits between foster children and their biological families are being disrupted and reunification hearings delayed.
Charities played a vital role in the reconstruction of post-war Britain. But they had a very different relationship with the government.
The number of visitors to the restored wetlands is increasing each year, as is the wildlife.
The work of volunteers is political and that matters.
With colleges and universities having moved their instruction online due to COVID-19, an ecologist shows how service learning can take place in the virtual world as well.
A volunteering expert offers guidance on how to help at a time when you may need to keep your helping hands to yourself.
Brain science suggests that seniors care more about the welfare of others than younger folks do.
‘Mutual aid’ groups are springing up all over. It’s a concept first described by Peter Kropotkin in the 19th century.
Look out for your elderly parents, family members, friends and neighbors. It could save their lives.
A psychologist explains how to reestablish civil political conversation in your own life.
For many Australians, the bushfire disaster could represent a turning point: the moment they adopt new, long-term behaviours to help nature.
Citizen scientists across North America have contributed over 1 million observations to this online platform, generating data useful for researchers.
Volunteer numbers are shrinking in rural areas, leaving fewer people to battle bushfires. We need to change our thinking about volunteering to recruit more firefighters and keep the ones we have.
The gravity and force of this Category 5 hurricane that lashed the Florida Panhandle and other Southern states may never have fully registered on the public’s radar.
Conscripting young volunteers to combat climate change is not necessary. Australians aged 15-17 already have the highest rates of volunteering in the country.
Scholars researched whether bestowing awards on volunteers who pitch in with the Boy Scouts made a difference. The answer seems to depend on whether the recognition is expected or not.
Could these extra hands do more for the nonprofits they assist?
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Professor, Griffith University
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Professor, School of Management and Marketing, Curtin University
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Assistant Professor of Nonprofit Management and Leadership, University of Florida
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Chair of History, Flinders University
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Professor in Management, Macquarie University
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Professor and Head of School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University
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Senior Researcher, Chr. Michelsen Institute
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Professor of Sociology and Director, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
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Professor of Volunteering, Civil Society and Businesses and Professor of Strategic Philanthropy, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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PhD Researcher in Sociology, Bangor University
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Researcher in Health Promotion, Leeds Beckett University
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Assistant Professor of Citizen and Data Science, University of Arizona
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Lecturer of History, College of the Holy Cross
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Director, Disaster Research Center and Professor, Public Policy & Administration, University of Delaware