ArticleSocial anthropology : the journal of the European Association of Social Anthropologists = Anthropologie sociale2026
'Anything that We Can Do to Help, It's Got to Be Good' The Everyday Pragmatism of NHS Charities.
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This article explores charity and voluntarism in England's NHS during a period of 'extended crisis'. Based on ethnographic research with an NHS charity, it examines how charitable organisations fulfil a dual role, by supplementing healthcare services and providing a 'safety net' to volunteers. Through the concept of 'everyday pragmatism', the article explains paid staff and volunteers' motivations to improve present circumstances, while imagining a better future. The discussion contributes to wider debates about the reconfiguration of welfare states, suggesting that charity and voluntarism within the NHS are imperfect solutions that nonetheless genuinely seek to redress inequalities. Ultimately, everyday pragmatism describes people's motivations to act not only despite the circumstances, but in acknowledgement of them.
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