IVR organised an online event to offer different narratives of volunteering as participation, democracy and citizenship. Here are six pre-recorded position statements from panellists.
Ewen Speed (University of Essex)
Ewen Speed is Professor of Medical Sociology in the School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex. He has research interests in health policy, particularly in the context of the NHS. He is currently an Associate Editor for the journal Critical Public Health.
Lucy Hogg (Voluntary Norfolk)
Lucy is Head of Communities and Voluntary Sector support at Voluntary Norfolk, she oversees the work of the Communities Team, and is responsible for the strategic direction of the team and for ensuring that our services meet the needs of the VCSE sector in Norfolk. Lucy works closely with statutory partners and colleagues in other infrastructure organisations locally, regionally and nationally, and oversees the work of the Freshly Greated community arts project in Great Yarmouth, of which Voluntary Norfolk is the lead partner.
Stan Papoulias (Service User Research Enterprise, King's College London)
Stan Papoulias is Assistant Director, Service User Research Enterprise, Health Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London. They are a survivor researcher and their research interests include what it means to attend to 'experience' as a form of knowledge. Stan is currently working on the place of PPI (patient and public involvement) and PPI leads within research ecologies.
Jarina Choudhury (National Council for Voluntary Organisations)
Jarina Choudhury is Strategic Volunteering Lead at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. She advises organisations on the design and implementation of volunteer strategies, across all sectors.
Mary Sadhid (National Survivor User Network)
Mary Sadid is Policy Officer at the National Survivor User Network (NSUN), a user-led network of people and groups who have and do experience mental distress and who want to change things for the better, bringing individuals and groups together to communicate and support each other.
Ben Little (University of East Anglia)
Ben Little is a lecturer in media and cultural politics at UEA. He’s part of the editorial collective of Soundings Journal and writes about activism, generation and digital culture. His book The New Patriarchs of Digital Capitalism (with Alison Winch) is out with Routledge on June 24th.