For Volunteers Week 2021, a quick look at some of the platforms and organisations connecting prospective volunteers to opportunities and other kinds of support.

For Volunteers’ Week, Elliot Bidgood writes about how COVID-19 has changed volunteering & why it is vital charities make the most of new younger volunteers.

Elliot Bidgood writes about charity salaries in 2021, and how to balance the needs of a vital workforce with the sector’s financial and reputational constraints.

Elliot Bidgood writes about trends in young freelancing and the need for more opportunities from civil society to support young freelancers following the pandemic.

Elliot Bidgood comments on key lessons from our recent Foundation event on people management, including wellbeing for homeworkers, steps the sector must take on inclusion and the prospect of automation.

With not-for-profits facing competition for young workers & the job market hit by COVID, Elliot Bidgood comments on how charities can position themselves.

Our writer Richard Prince shares his regular horizon scan of the sector news, flagging up developments, new funding and opportunities in the social sector for portfolio careerists and others to be aware of.

Eastside Primetimers Foundation manager Ruth Cane blogs about her five key reflections on “megatrends” around work in the social sector, following the first in a programme of Foundation events on the Future of Work