Supporting the voluntary community and social enterprise paid workforce: an action research study

Implementing professional support for the voluntary sector paid workforce: a multi-case action research study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN16670024

Enrollment

500

Registered

2025-03-26

Start date

2025-04-14

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Professional support for the voluntary sector paid workforce Other

Interventions

The interventions will be co-designed with stakeholders but examples include a new supervision programme or a peer support group A multi-case action research with four elements over 30 months: WP1:

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Working for a VCSE organisation delivering health and wellbeing related activities in West or South Yorkshire, UK

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. People not working for VCSEs in South and West Yorkshire 2. Aged under 18 years 3. People without the capacity to consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
How supported staff feel at work, measured by questionnaire at baseline and 15 months later	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Intention to leave role within next 12 months, measured using a questionnaire at baseline and 15 months later	—

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactAlexis Foster

alexis.foster@sheffield.ac.uk+44 (0)7835042009

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026