Covid-19 and the Voluntary and Community Sector in the UK

<p>The voluntary sector was central to the COVID-19 response: fulfilling basic needs highlighting new and existing inequalities and coordinating action where the state had been slow to respond. </p><p> This book curates rigorous academic policy and practice-based research into the response and adaptation of the UK voluntary sector during the pandemic. Contributions explore the ways the sector responded to new challenges and the longer-term consequences for the sector's workforce volunteers and beneficiaries.</p><p> Written for researchers and practitioners this book considers what the voluntary sector can learn from the pandemic to maximise its contribution in the event of future crises.</p>