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Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Owain Smolović Jones and Carol Jacklin-Jarvis. It was first published on OpenLearn in January 2020.

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Introduction and guidance

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Figure 1: Image of Owain Smolović Jones and Carol Jacklin-Jarvis: Kelly Cooper for © The Open University

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Week 1

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Figure 2: ©kuarmungadd /iStockphoto.com

Week 2

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Figure 3: © Steve Debenport/iStockphoto.com

Figure 5: ©Nattakorn Maneerat/iStockphoto.com

Week 3

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Figure 2: AGCreativeLab/iStockphoto.com

Figure 3: Jacek Dudzinski © 123RF.com

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Week 4

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Figure 2: © Melanie Cook from Flickr https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

Figure 3: ©rakchai/iStockphoto.com

Figure 4: ©julief514/iStockphoto.com

Figure 5: ©jackmac34/Pixabay

Week 5

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Figure 2: ©stendy/ Dreamstime

Figure 3: ©petrborn/iStockphoto.com

Figure 4: courtesy © Civil Exchange www.civilexchange.org.uk

Figure 5: Trussell Trust Logo: https://www.trusselltrust.org/ © Trussell Trust

Figure 6: courtesy of ©The Trussell Trust/photographer Alexandra Smart

Week 6

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Figure 2: ©European Commission DG ECHO in Flickr https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc/ 2.0/

Figure 3: ©Chris Jones in Flickr https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc/ 2.0/

Figure 4: ©Viacheslav Lopatin/123RF.com

Figure 6: © Jacek Dudzinski(c)123RF.com

Article: Morley, S. (2015) ‘Stephen Morley: The refugee crisis requires collaboration between big and small charities’, Third Sector. Courtesy Steve Morley steve@sangoconsulting.co.uk. © Steve Morley

Article: Gelb, B. (2010) ‘Light bulb moment: Barbara Gelb on joined up thinking’, Third Sector, 29 March courtesy: http://www.thirdsector.co.uk

Week 7

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Figure 2: © stylephotographs/123RF.com

Figure 3: ©Wonder woman0731 in Flickr. https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 2.0/

Figure 4: ©gmast3r/123RF.com

Figure 5: ©Sayhmog/Dreamstime

Figure 6: ©John Finn in Flickr https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc-nd/ 2.0/

Activity 3: extract: courtesy: Community Action: MK https://communityactionmk.org/; https://communityactionmk.org/projects/expansion-mk/eastern-expansion-area/

Week 8

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Figure 2: ©tktktk/123RF.com

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