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Skills - Third Sector is developing a National Skills Strategy to support a skilled workforce for the voluntary sector. There is an online consultation, and there will be regional roundtables and discussions online. For further information...

Skills - Third Sector is developing a National Skills Strategy to support a skilled workforce for the voluntary sector. There is an online consultation, and there will be regional roundtables and discussions online.

Skills - Third Sector has published the National Skills Strategy framework. This sets out the research they have based their ideas for the national skills strategy for the voluntary sector on.

Skills - Third Sector has published The voluntary sector skills landscape which contains information about the recent policy announcements that affect skills in the voluntary sector.

Employment in the voluntary sector: The Third Sector Research Centre and the The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) in partnership with sector skills body Skills - Third Sector have revealed figures on the number of people employed in the voluntary sector. The research shows that the number of employees in the voluntary sector was up from about 730,000 in March 2009 to 778,000 in March 2010. Employment in the public and private sectors fell by 0.5 per cent and 2.3 per cent respectively over the same period.

 

                     

 

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