Blended Volunteering – A Decolonised Volunteering for Development Approach to achieve SDGs IVCO 2022 Think Piece

Drawing on research on blended approaches by VSO and Northumbria University, this think piece by Rebecca Pursell-Gotz and Alok Rath of VSO argues that the value of international volunteers is greatest when programmes recognise the value of local models through blended models of volunteering. Making the case for moving the ‘volunteering epicentre’, it presents blended volunteering models as adding a new dimension in our sector’s thinking on decolonisation.