Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Bring together different pools of knowledge and expertise both inside and outside the university; interdisciplinary theory building that bridges different communities of practice and a wide range of potential beneficiaries including health and social care staff, patient and public involvement, national policy, voluntary sector organisations specifically impacts on health outcomes and inequalities. The group explores the impact of volunteering in Health and Social Care:
- sustaining health
- wellbeing
- care
- social welfare
- public policy, law and services
- practitioners and delivery of professional services, enhanced performance or ethical practice
- on understanding, learning and participation
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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Diane Bunn
- School of Health Sciences - Honorary Teaching Fellow
- Mental Health and Social Care - Member
- Water Security Research Centre - Member
- Volunteering and Health and Social Care - Member
- UEA Hydrate Group - Member
- Health Promotion - Member
Person: Honorary, Research Group Member, Research Centre Member
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Jane Cross
- Dementia & Complexity in Later Life - Member
- Norwich Medical School - Director of Norwich Clinical Trials Unit
- School of Health Sciences - Professor
- Mental Health and Social Care - Member
- Public Health - Member
- Volunteering and Health and Social Care - Member
- HealthUEA - Steering Committee Member
Person: Research Group Member, Research Centre Member, Academic, Teaching and Research
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Katherine Deane
- School of Health Sciences - Associate Professor
- Institute for Volunteering Research - Member
- Mental Health and Social Care - Member
- Gender and Its Intersections - Member
- Volunteering and Health and Social Care - Member
- Dementia & Complexity in Later Life - Member
- CreativeUEA - Steering Committee Member
Person: Research Group Member, Research Centre Member, Academic, Teaching and Research
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Digital assistive technologies for community-dwelling people with dementia: A systematic review of systematic reviews by the INTERDEM AI & assistive technology taskforce
Neal, D., Craven, M. P., Cross, J., Evans, S., Fox, C., Oksnebjerg, L., Alexandre, I., Aryankhesal, A., Astell, A., Begde, A., Ditton, A., Engelsma, T., Gregersen, R., Heins, P., Hogervorst, E., Kafadar, A. H., Poos, J., Robinson, L., Sezgin, D., Smaling, H. J. A., & 4 others, 3 Aug 2025, In: Digital Health. 11, p. 1–15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enhanced recovery pathway for older people with hip fracture and cognitive impairment in acute hospitals: The PERFECTED research programme including an RCT
Fox, C., Hammond, S. P., Shepstone, L., Poland, F., Henderson, C., Backhouse, T., Penhale, B., Donell, S., Knapp, M., Lewins, D., MacLullich, A., Patel, M., Sahota, O., Smith, T. O., Waring, J. & Cross, J. L., Feb 2025, In: Programme Grants for Applied Research. 13, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the effectiveness and experiences of people living with dementia interacting with digital interventions: A mixed methods systematic review
Ditton, A., Alodan, H., Fox, C., Evans, S. & Cross, J., Apr 2025, In: Dementia. 24, 3, p. 506-551 46 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Elizabeth Brown Prize for best platform presentation at the BGS Spring meeting 2022
Birt, Linda (Recipient), 20 Apr 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Finalist, Norfolk Care Awards in collaborative working category
Bunn, Diane (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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UEA Engagement Achievement Award
Grotz, Jurgen (Recipient), 9 May 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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V-CALC: Volunteering Impact Measurement Training in Europe
Jurgen Grotz (Consultant) & Ellice Parkinson (Consultant)
1 Mar 2023 → 28 Feb 2025Activity: Consultancy
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Volunteering and Ideology
Jurgen Grotz (Organiser), Peter Beresford (Chair), Chris Millora (Speaker), Ruth Leonard (Speaker), Becki Meakin (Speaker) & Michael Ashe (Speaker)
26 Oct 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Volunteering in a Global Pandemic
Jurgen Grotz (Organiser), Carol Jacklin-Jarvis (Organiser), Wendy Osborne (Speaker), Chris Millora (Chair), Undral Gombodorj (Speaker), Mark Pearce (Speaker), Shalabh Sahai (Speaker), Charlotte Sung (Speaker), Max Ventura (Speaker), Gabriella Civico (Chair), Ksenija Fonović (Speaker), Deedar Guerra (Speaker), Catherine Nakazibwe (Speaker), Lejla Šehić Relić (Speaker), Fred Sadia (Speaker), Clifford Allum (Speaker), Nichole Cirillo (Chair), Analia Bettoni (Speaker), Carmen Espinoza (Speaker), Giselle Mendez (Speaker) & Meghan Moloney (Speaker)
26 Jun 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press/Media
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Care home dehydration tests don't work
10/03/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution