ARVAC STATEMENT ON ANTI-RACISM
ARVAC – Our commitment to anti-racism We are an organisation entirely run by volunteers, membership is free and there are no restrictions on joining. With a mission to bring together academics, practitioners and policy makers we have supported community groups to do research themselves, even with limited time and resources, for over 40 years. We […]
ARVAC AGM. 2021
We are looking forward to the ARVAC AGM. Members are cordially invited to the rescheduled ARVAC AGM 2021 About this event We’d like to invite you to our rescheduled 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday 16th December. The AGM will take place online from 11:00am – 12:30pm and you’ll receive a zoom link for […]
ARVAC and me – Jayne Humm When did you become a member of ARVAC and why? I became a member of ARVAC when I worked for the Community Development Foundation- that must have been about the late 1990s. I joined because there weren’t at the time- and there still isn’t- many networks involving researchers in […]
40 Years on: What is different and why do we need ARVAC
40 Years on: What is different and why do we need ARVAC Anniversaries of any kind give us the opportunity topause – look back (perhaps) and reflect. 2018 has marked the 40thbirthday of ARVAC. And it is interesting to look back and think about what haschanged and what has remained the same . On one […]
AGM Report/ 40 years of ARVAC – a Celebration.
On the 13th of November, ARVAC hosted it’s annual AGM. This was a special event as it represented 40 years of activity for the charity. Besides presenting the annual report, a number of presentations were given that represented different facets of our work. Please find attached to this post, both a copy of the AGM […]
10 minutes with… Colin Rochester
10 minutes with… Colin Rochester Colin has worked in and with the voluntary and community sector for over forty years. He has worked as a consultant, practitioner and as an academic. His most recent book, Rediscovering Voluntary Action: The Beat of a Different Drum was published in December 2013. If you could describe yourself in […]
The long revolution today: education, culture and politics for all
Raymond Williams Foundation 2018 Residential event: 18-20 May 2018, The Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool ‘The long revolution today: education, culture and politics for all’ 30 years after Raymond Williams’ death, the Raymond Williams Foundation (RWF) invites people for a weekend of discussion about how we can loosen the stranglehold the elite still largely retains on our […]
Addressing the problem of the Crocodile in the Thames …. Using research to inform democracy and engagement
Addressing the problem of the Crocodile in the Thames …. Using research to inform democracy and engagement Our ARVAC conference this year is focussed on research to inform democracy and engagement. ARVAC, is the Association for Research with Voluntary and Community Organisations. The conference presentations are set against the backdrop of ever-hardening austerity and […]
Taking Yourself Seriously … Creating a Legacy
The Taking Yourself Seriously Project set out to explore the relationship between community arts and social cohesion with particular reference to sustainability of projects – beyond the immediate context. The Taking Yourself Seriously project was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Connected Communities Programme. This programme seeks to encourage community co-produced living […]
Writing Retreat for Taking Yourselves Seriously
The Taking Yourself Seriously Project set out to explore the relationship between community arts and social cohesion with particular reference to sustainability of projects – beyond the immediate context. The Taking Yourself Seriously project was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Connected Communities Programme. This programme seeks to encourage community co-produced living knowledge […]