100 Years of NCVO and Voluntary Action Idealists and Realists /

• Main Author: Davis Smith, Justin (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: History.; Great Britain-History.; Social history.; Civilization-History.; World politics.; Popular Science in History.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Social History.; Cultural History.; Political History.

This book explores the rich history of voluntary action in the United Kingdom over the past 100 years, through the lens of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), which celebrates its centenary in 2019. From its establishment at the end of the First World War, through the creation o...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Setting Up
• 3. Early Years
• 4. Out of Adversity
• 5. Warfare and Welfare
• 6
• Marking Time
• 7. Losing Ground
• 8
• Recovery and Challenge
• 9
• A Golden Age?
• 10. Big Society and Beyond
• 11. Conclusion: Idealists and Realists
• Appendix 1. Key Figures in the History of the Council
• Appendix 2. Select list of organisations supported by the Council. .