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- Title
Sustainable Livelihoods Analysis as a Response to the Crisis in the Community and Voluntary Sector.
- Authors
Goldstraw, Katy; Davidson, Eve; Packham, Carol
- Abstract
The aim of this article is to recognize the crisis currently experienced by the voluntary and community sector (VCS) and to consider a creative response to this crisis utilizing VCS assets. The article uses a creative assets based response to the VCS crisis, utilizing sustainable livelihoods' analysis (SLA) as a means of identifying VCS assets. SLA, traditionally used to explore vulnerabilities and assets at a household level, will be expanded and utilized to analyze the effects of austerity on small voluntary organizations. We use SLA as a theoretical lens through which to analyze our data, we propose that small VCS organizations can consider their position using SLA as a tool. The VCS can use SLA to consider its assets and vulnerabilities in the context of austerity; in engaging in this process, the VCS can recognize opportunities. The small VCS organization typically has high-quality community-based social capital, and it has a human capital and community knowledge. This integrated grassroots social capital expertise and strong community-based human capital is unique to the VCS. In mobilizing its assets, the VCS as a sector can seek to overcome the funding crisis that it is experiencing and develop creative solutions to austerity.
- Subjects
ASSETS (Accounting); BEREAVEMENT; CONCEPTUAL structures; SOCIOLOGY; VOLUNTARY health agencies; SOCIAL capital
- Publication
Illness, Crisis & Loss, 2020, Vol 28, Issue 3, p195
- ISSN
1054-1373
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1054137317715000