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Volume I, Issue 3, April 2001

Becoming Friends: How Two Former Competitors Merged


Feature Articles
By Jane Ellington and Chris Jones

Volunteers with strong loyalty to their cause tend to hold their traditions sacred. Imagine what would happen if two long-standing volunteer groups, serving different children's hospitals in the same city, united after decades of fiercely independent -- even competitive -- operation. That's exactly what happened recently at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

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Comments

Rob Jackson, Royal National Institute for the Blind, Volunteer Development Officer, London England

May 22nd, 2001, 2:55pm

I found this to be a fascinating article - thank you Chris and Jane. I'm currently looking into ways to engage my agency's volunteers more in decision making and consultation with the senior management and your experiences and approach have provided me with some really useful ideas.

I'm not sure about other countries but charity mergers are increasingly prevalent in the UK. This article provides good advice and practical help for anyone managing such change amongst volunteers.