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Social capital Articles from IPPO

Cities and Belonging: Key Lessons for Policymakers Cultivating Social Capital
February 3, 2023
IPPO Cities convened a policy roundtable discussing different approaches for cities to cultivate social capital. The panellists demonstrate across three case studies from London, Liverpool, and Athens showing how measuring and investing in social capital and coordinating and co-creating with volunteers can strengthen urban communities. By Henriette Ruhrmann.

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Volunteering During the Pandemic: Which Mechanisms Enabled Groups, Communities and Agencies to Mobilise and Why?
October 31, 2022
- report
- Social capital
In wake of the pandemic, we have a unique opportunity to understand more about the impact and processes used to mobilise communities and groups to volunteer.

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Lessons from the Pandemic: How Policymakers Can Best Support Volunteering
October 18, 2022
- Social capital
- volunteering
Volunteering was one of the few good news stories from the pandemic. Read four policy takeaways on how to support its future, by Eddy Hogg

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Cost of Living Crisis: Testing the Resilience of Volunteers
October 11, 2022
- Social capital
- volunteering
A range of factors cast doubt on the nature and level of the volunteering response we can expect when tackling our cost-of-living crisis

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Social capital Articles from IPPO

Cities and Belonging: Key Lessons for Policymakers Cultivating Social Capital

Volunteering During the Pandemic: Which Mechanisms Enabled Groups, Communities and Agencies to Mobilise and Why?

Lessons from the Pandemic: How Policymakers Can Best Support Volunteering

Cost of Living Crisis: Testing the Resilience of Volunteers