Sophie Spong

The role of volunteers in community businesses

Repository entry 1 June 2021

This study examined the structure and role of voluntary labour for community businesses. Four chapters discuss the profile and working patterns of volunteers, how volunteers are recruited and employed, how volunteers’ skills are utilised, factors covering their training and professional development and the wider motivations to volunteer.

Supporting analysis of the community business market in 2017

Repository entry 1 December 2017

This technical appendix supports Power to Change’s 2017 report on the community business market. It provides more detail on the technical details of estimating market size for individual sub-sectors, and for the market overall. There are three appendices in this document. – Appendix A covers the survey and qualitative methods adopted on the…

The community business market in 2017

Repository entry 1 December 2017

Each year, the Power to Change Research Institute commissions research to estimate the size and shape of the community business sector in England.

This year’s report considers the structure, size and shape of the community business market in England in 2017 and considers the outlook for the year ahead. The report follows on from those of 201…

The community business market in 2017 – Research Summary

Repository entry 1 December 2017

# Preview | Download RI-11S-The Community Business Market in 2017.pdf237kB Author(s) Abigail Diamond Tim Vorley Oliver Mallett John Higton Sophie Spong Andrew Corley Irshad Mulla Citation Diamond, A., Vorley, T., Mallett, O., Higton, J., Spong, S., Corley, A. and Mulla,