TSRC offers third sector organisations and policy-makers access and input into robust research, aiming to bridge the gap between research and the third sector. Have a look at a selection of their papers below (all freely available from the website) or ‘sign up’ to receive notification of new research. http://www.tsrc.ac.uk/Home/tabid/515/Default.aspx
What is the third sector?
The third sector is a debated term. TSRC takes a broad definition of the sector, to include all organisations operating outside the formal state or public sphere that are not trading commercially for a profit in the market. This means charities and voluntary organisations, community groups, social enterprises, cooperatives and mutuals. Whilst these organisations are exceptionally diverse, they share a broad common theme of being value driven.
Paper 65: Voluntary sector organisations working at the neighbourhood level in England: patterns by local area deprivation, Dr David Clifford (August 2011)
http://www.tsrc.ac.uk/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=ic%2fcqM4W5V4%3d&tabid=500
Paper 61: Offender engagement with third sector organisations: a national prison-based survey
Dr Dina Gojkovic, Dr Rosie Meek and Dr Alice Mills (July 2011)
http://www.tsrc.ac.uk/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=unbXHcQkUCs%3d&tabid=500
Paper 51: Below the radar in a Big Society? Reflections on community engagement, empowerment and social action in a changing policy context, Angus McCabe (Feb 2011)
http://www.tsrc.ac.uk/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=OMbpEZaAMKI%3d&tabid=500
