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In good health: assessing the impact of volunteering in the NHS
- Document type
- Summary
- Author(s)
- Teasdale, Simon
- Publisher
- NCVO
- Date of publication
- 1 July 2008
- Subject(s)
- Volunteering, Health Services, Employment
- Collection
- Social welfare
- Material type
- Reports
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This project was designed to test how best to apply the Institute of Volunteering Research Volunteering Impact Assessment Toolkit (VIAT) within the NHS. VIAT has been developed to help organisations assess the whether volunteers improve their value. It provides model questionnaires and focus group structures which were adapted and expanded to suit these pilot studies.
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