Library - where you will find relevant textbooks and journals
Internet - where you will find relevant websites
Volunteering Placement in a community-based organisation
Involved Office, Student's Union - where you will find information relevant to undertaking voluntary activity
The Blackboard virtual learning environment is used to support this module. Details are supplied in the module handbook.

NCVO, IVR, Involve (2011) Pathways through Participation: Volunteering as a Participation Pathway, Briefing Paper, September. Available @ http://pathwaysthroughparticipation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Pathways-Through-Participation-Volunteering-Briefing-final.pdf

Musick, M. and Wilson, J. (2008) Volunteers: A Social Profile, Bloomington: University of Indiana Press.

Norman, J. (2010) The Big Society: The Anatomy of the New Politics, University of Buckingham Press.

The programme will be delivered primarily through independent learning. The independent study hours will be devoted to 40 hours of volunteering and to reflection on the activity of volunteering. Twelve hours will be allotted to work with a supervisor, who will oversee the voluntary activity and the preparation of the assessments, including delivery of an individual poster presentation.

Key Information Set Data:
5.9 % Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities
68.1% Guided Independent Learning
26% Placement

This module will explore the concept of voluntary activity in its practical application. It is designed for those who either:
i) have undertaken 40 hours of voluntary activity
ii) are currently in the process of undertaking 40 hours of voluntary activity or
iii) have found a voluntary placement and have fulfilled all preconditions so that the 40 hours of voluntary activity can be completed during the 12 weeks of the module.
The module will focus on concepts, such as social capital and social exclusion, related to the practical activity of volunteering and on reflection on the volunteering process.

Portfolio to consist of:
1. An individual poster presentation to demonstrate your involvement in voluntary activity, equivalent to 1000 words
[Learning Outcomes 1, 4, 5]

2. Individual reflection on the experience of participating in voluntary activity, 3000 words
[Learning Outcomes 1-5].

Key Information Set Data:
70% Coursework
30% Practical Exams