Voluntary Action History Society
@vahs.bsky.social
VAHS aims to promote the study of voluntary action history and to develop an understanding of this history for the public, for academics, and for people working in the voluntary sector.
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Military Welfare History Network@milwelfhist.bsky.social · last mo.Coming August 2027, the Military Welfare History Network's first edited volume. Courtesy of @paulhuddie.bsky.social @amyjay401.bsky.social @emmahuddlestone.bsky.social Order it now and use this promo code for 20% off. link.springer.com/book/9783032... #milwelfhist #military #welfare #veteran
ICYMI Shirley's talk is now online 🗃️ youtu.be/WhIZcMDWpP0
Scottish Charities and the State 1980 to 2010: reflections from a Trustees’ lens - Shirley Otto
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Voluntary Action History Society@vahs.bsky.social · last mo.Our final seminar for the term is next week! 🗃️ Shirley Otto will be speaking about Scottish Charities and the State 1980 to 2010: reflections from a Trustees’ lens 29 June 2026. 6pm. Online via Zoom Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... As ever it's free and all welcome 🙂
Our final seminar for the term is next week! 🗃️ Shirley Otto will be speaking about Scottish Charities and the State 1980 to 2010: reflections from a Trustees’ lens 29 June 2026. 6pm. Online via Zoom Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... As ever it's free and all welcome 🙂
🗃️This is tonight! And there's still time to sign-up: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... As ever it's FREE. All welcome.
Voluntary Action History Society@vahs.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur next talk is in less than a week! 🗃️ Raphael Allerton, Rebecca O’Connell, & Helen Abnett will be talking about the historical and contemporary politics of providing food in hospitals. Monday 1 June 2026. 6pm. Online Via Zoom As ever it's free. Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Our next talk is in less than a week! 🗃️ Raphael Allerton, Rebecca O’Connell, & Helen Abnett will be talking about the historical and contemporary politics of providing food in hospitals. Monday 1 June 2026. 6pm. Online Via Zoom As ever it's free. Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
🗃️In case you weren't able to attend last night, Cait's talk is now available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFun...
Women’s Grassroots Activism in England and Ireland, 1918 to the present
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Voluntary Action History Society@vahs.bsky.social · 3mo ago🗃️This is tonight! And there's still time to sign-up. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
🗃️This is tonight! And there's still time to sign-up. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Voluntary Action History Society@vahs.bsky.social · 3mo agoOur next seminar is next week! 🗃️ Prof. Cait Beaumont (London South Bank University) will discuss Women’s Grassroots Activism in England and Ireland, from 1918 onwards. 18 May 2026. 6pm. Online via Zoom. As ever it's free & all welcome. Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Our next seminar is next week! 🗃️ Prof. Cait Beaumont (London South Bank University) will discuss Women’s Grassroots Activism in England and Ireland, from 1918 onwards. 18 May 2026. 6pm. Online via Zoom. As ever it's free & all welcome. Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Our next seminar is next week! 🗃️ Prof. Cait Beaumont (London South Bank University) will discuss Women’s Grassroots Activism in England and Ireland, from 1918 onwards. 18 May 2026. 6pm. Online via Zoom. As ever it's free & all welcome. Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
@wellcometrust.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social It is with great pleasure that we present a selection of recorded papers from our recent funded conference series. Listen to them here #milwelfhist #histmed #military #welfare #benefits historyhub.ie/military-com...
Military Communities' Medical Welfare and Care History Conference Series - History Hub
The Military Welfare History Network provides a networking and dissemination platform for scholars who are research active in military welfare history. Thanks to the generous funding of the Wellcome T...
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Coming this August! Military Welfare History since the Eighteenth Century: War and Welfare. This is the second publication, and the first edited volume, from the Military Welfare History Network. link.springer.com/book/9783032... #milwelfhist #military #welfare
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Voluntary Action History Society@vahs.bsky.social · 5mo agoOur next seminar is in less than two weeks! 🗃️ Aoife O’Leary McNeice (University of Galway/Ollscoil na Gaillimhe) will be presenting their research on the history of volunteering and the River Lee Hydro Electric Scheme 23 March, 6pm online via Zoom Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
A few places remain! Join us for Charity After Empire: British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation and Development 24th March, QMUL, London E1 Book here eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-charity-after-empire-tickets-1981162909594 @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @qmcbs.bsky.social
Our next seminar is in less than two weeks! 🗃️ Aoife O’Leary McNeice (University of Galway/Ollscoil na Gaillimhe) will be presenting their research on the history of volunteering and the River Lee Hydro Electric Scheme 23 March, 6pm online via Zoom Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Our next seminar is next week! 🗃️ Peter Wood (Birkbeck College) will be discussing his research on activism in support for homeless people in 1970s London. 9 March, 6pm. Online via Zoom. Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... As ever, it's free - all welcome 🙂
2026 MWHN Conference - call for papers! Join us in Romania this June to discuss all things military welfare and civil society. Deadline: 14 March 2026. CfP attached and full details at militarywelfarehistory.com/2026-confere... #milwelfhist #civilsociety #charity #philanthropy
🗃️Our next seminar is in 12 days time! Wendy Wiertz (Utrecht University) will be sharing her research on Belgian War Lace and tracking its change from luxury item to humanitarian handicraft. 23 February, 6pm Online via Zoom. Sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... As ever, it's free...
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Voluntary Action History Society@vahs.bsky.social · 6mo ago🗃️Our next seminar is next week! Delzar Sadiq (Salahaddin University in Erbil) will be talking about his use of Geographic Information Systems to reconstruct forgotten volunteer networks in 19th-century London. 6pm, Monday 9 February, Online via Zoom Sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
🗃️Our next seminar is next week! Delzar Sadiq (Salahaddin University in Erbil) will be talking about his use of Geographic Information Systems to reconstruct forgotten volunteer networks in 19th-century London. 6pm, Monday 9 February, Online via Zoom Sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
🗃️ The video for last night's seminar is now online youtu.be/_TbdujOX2Kc
Charitable giving in Victorian Britain: Lord Overstone’s philanthropy. 1843-1883 - Sarah Flew
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Voluntary Action History Society@vahs.bsky.social · 7mo agoOur next seminar is two weeks away! 🗃️ Dr Sarah Flew (@c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social ) will be sharing her research on Lord Overstone’s philanthropy 26 January, 6pm to 7.30pm Online via Zoom Book through the IHR website: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... (As ever, it's FREE)
🗃️Tonight! There's still time to sign-up - www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Voluntary Action History Society@vahs.bsky.social · 7mo agoOur next seminar is two weeks away! 🗃️ Dr Sarah Flew (@c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social ) will be sharing her research on Lord Overstone’s philanthropy 26 January, 6pm to 7.30pm Online via Zoom Book through the IHR website: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... (As ever, it's FREE)
Our next seminar is two weeks away! 🗃️ Dr Sarah Flew (@c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social ) will be sharing her research on Lord Overstone’s philanthropy 26 January, 6pm to 7.30pm Online via Zoom Book through the IHR website: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... (As ever, it's FREE)
Next Wednesday 3-12 we are holding a joint seminar with @histparl.bsky.social! Join us at 17:30 at the @ihr.bsky.social or online via zoom to hear Dr Helen Wilson discuss ‘Black & Political: Black Political Participation in Britain, 1750-1850’. Register now! 👎 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Black and Political: Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850
Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
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ICYMI! The recording of last night's session is now online 🗃️ youtu.be/wtqw-KkDQyo?...
Penny Wilson, 'Charity Trusteeship Today', 1 December 2026
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Voluntary Action History Society@vahs.bsky.social · 9mo ago📣Our next seminar is less than two weeks away! 🗃️ Penny Wilson will be discussing 'Charity trusteeship today'. 1 December, 6pm-7.30pm Online via Zoom As ever it's online and free, so why not sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Thanks to the funding provided by the Strathmartine Trust, this Wednesday I will be prestenting the findings of my funded research into the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers (1853-73) and Scotland's central role in the same. Contact the Trust if you'd like to attend online #RNCV #RoyalNavy #Scotland
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Voluntary Action History Society@vahs.bsky.social · 9mo ago📣Our next seminar is less than two weeks away! 🗃️ Penny Wilson will be discussing 'Charity trusteeship today'. 1 December, 6pm-7.30pm Online via Zoom As ever it's online and free, so why not sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
It's publication day! My new article in Northern History builds on work by @millieqed.bsky.social to produce a study of the League of Hospital Friends in Halifax mostly using local newspapers. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A League of Their Own: Halifax Hospital League of Friends
This article develops academic literature on the history of the Hospital League of Friends, using the Halifax League as a case study. The League of Friends of the Halifax Hospitals was one of the f...
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Voluntary Action History Society@vahs.bsky.social · 9mo ago📣Our next seminar is less than two weeks away! 🗃️ Penny Wilson will be discussing 'Charity trusteeship today'. 1 December, 6pm-7.30pm Online via Zoom As ever it's online and free, so why not sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
