Reimagining voluntary sector leadership : the influence and impact of place / edited by James Rees and Carol Jacklin-Jarvis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rees, James, 1978- editor.

Jacklin-Jarvis, Carol, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations.

Charities.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2025.

Summary:

The voluntary sector plays a crucial role in shaping place, and is in turn shaped by that context, yet this 'place leadership' role has been underexplored in research. This interdisciplinary book brings together leading scholars and practitioners to examine this intriguing phenomenon in different political and cultural contexts. Using case studies from the UK, the US, China and Europe, the book provides fresh insights into the dynamic relationship between place, leadership and voluntary action. Written in an accessible, jargon-free style, it sets state-of-the-art agendas for understanding and strengthening the voluntary sector's influence in place leadership.

Contents:

Front Cover

Reimagining Voluntary Sector Leadership: The Influence and Impact of Place

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

Place leadership: setting out the broad debate

Leadership: beyond the individual/​heroic vision and why it matters

Voluntary sector

Place and why it matters for leadership

References

Part I Reimagining the voluntary sector contribution to leadership in and of place

2 Placed in Wales: the impact of Welshness on voluntary leaders of Welsh civil society

Introduction

Understanding place and leadership

What is 'Welshness'?

Mutualism versus philanthropy

Conclusion

3 Place leadership: the civic contribution of community-​based voluntary organisations in deprived neighbourhoods

Methodology

Volunteering

Foodbank

Library

Leisure

Choir

Walking

Users and the norm of doing

Note

4 Visible places: unpacking global and local embeddedness of civil society actors in Bulgaria

Global commitments, local identities and dialectical leadership

Talking to human rights non-​governmental organisations

Translatability, professionalisation and embeddedness in voluntary sector organisation partnerships

Network features, network spaces and leaders as boundary spanners

Notes

5 The contributions and challenges of feminist place-​based leadership: partnership agreements and disagreements

Evaluation context

The importance of place

Feminist leadership: theory and practice

Recommendations for future research

Recommendations for partnership leaders

Space for difficult conversations

Intersectionality

Explicitly defining leadership approaches

Managing competition.

References

6 Weaving connections amid hostility: a study of leadership in and of place

The practice approach to understanding leadership

The case study: Poppy

Research methodology

Place shaping practice: dispersal and the UK asylum system

Place shaping practice: hostility and the local narrative

Practice shaping place: people, community and institutions

Part II Voices of experience

7 A personal and networked practice account of how voluntary and community sector leadership works in Bermondsey

Community partners and community leaders

Case study 1: Blue Market community-​led regeneration programme

Case study 2: Southwark Local Access Programme and Cultural Intelligence

Discussion: key themes

Leadership

Challenges of austerity

The medical, commissioner and political perspective

Diverse community leaders

8 Place-​making and community action: an analysis of a community newspaper

The Greenbelt context

The Greenbelt News Review organisational context

Leadership and place-​making

Place leadership and its application

The concept of Servant Leadership

Fast forward

Key challenges to the Greenbelt News Review in place-​shaping

Challenge 1: Reporting versus shaping

Challenge 2: Sustainable business model versus not-​for-​profit ethos

Challenge 3: Voluntarism versus professionalism

Challenge 4: Governance and succession

Challenge 5: Adaptation to community change versus continuity of culture

9 Place-​based leadership in ethnically diverse cities: a subaltern-​autoethnographic account of moving from the periphery to the centre

Context and background.

Connecting with communities and engaging in place-​based leadership

Methodological approach

Laying a foundation for place-​based leadership

Findings and discussions

Dublin campaign

Milton Keynes campaign

Limitations of an autoethnographic approach to researching place-​based leadership

Reflections and understanding of place-​based leadership by subalterns

10 The journey to becoming: a critical realist approach to place-​based leadership in the voluntary sector

Acknowledging challenges of positionality

Theorising place and place leadership

Enhancing explanatory value through critical realism

Part III Developing and delivering voluntary sector place leadership

11 Leadership, language and place: how a non-​profit organisation constituted and extended its resource environment during the COVID-​19 pandemic

Literature review

Leadership, language and place

Place and framing

Non-​profits, external shocks and innovative tactics

Findings

Place establishing the boundaries for leadership action: a struggle between frameworks of stability versus frameworks of crisis

Widening the boundaries of place: imposing new frames for leadership action and possibilities

12 Signs of a healthy relationship: developing communities through relationship-​based leadership

Research context of place

Our evidence base

Defining factors of a healthy relationship within fields of place-​based leadership

Values and practices required for effective place-​based leadership

Lived experience shaping leadership habitus

Systems create both barriers and opportunity for place-​based leadership

References.

13 Grantmaking foundations and place-​based leadership: the opportunities and challenges of relational philanthropy within place

Conceptualising place-​based leadership in relational philanthropy

The Rank Foundation's place-​based programmes

Establishing local relationships

Scaling local relationships

Discussion

14 Community foundations and community leadership in urban China

Background

Community foundations' leadership

Community development

Citizen engagement

Community philanthropy

Supporting community organisations

Advocacy

Methods

Harmony Community Foundation (Guangzhou)

Fostering sustainable community development

Encouraging citizen engagement

Fostering philanthropic culture and serving donors

Chengdu Luhu Community Development Foundation

Improving physical and cultural environments

Fostering philanthropy

Chengdu Wuhou Community Development Foundation

Fostering community development

Encouraging citizen participation

15 Leadership development for place-​based communities

The Community Leadership Academy

Leadership development

Who, what, how?

Participant selection process

Content

Underpinning theory

Learning methodologies and underpinning values

Impact on place and its leadership

Micro

Meso

Macro

Developing the voluntary and community sector contribution to place leadership

Infrastructure

National/​local

Theoretical framing

Personal/​emotional aspect

Storytelling

Challenging power structures

16 Conclusion

Emergent themes: summarising the learning

Relationality, belonging, social identity and social capital

Place as layers and histories

Power and power dynamics, politics, and conflict

What's next? Placing voluntary sector leadership

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4473-7235-2

OCLC:

1528354470