Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Julie Charlesworth (tutor at The Open University) and Georgina Anstey (consultant from the National Council for Voluntary Organisations).

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Figures

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Figures 3 and 7: © The Open University.

Figures 5 and 6: adapted from National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) (2016a) UK Civil Society Almanac [Online]. Available at https://data.ncvo.org.uk/.

Video

‘Animation of key facts about the voluntary sector’ courtesy © NCVO https://www.ncvo.org.uk/.

Karl Wilding: © The Open University (2016).

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