Download or read book COVID-19 and the Voluntary and Community Sector in the UK written by James Rees and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2023-06 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 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. 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.