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Yorkshire and the Humber region
There are about 20,000 to 48,500 organisations with a paid staff of between 45,000 to 92,000. About 2.2 million people work as volunteers. The sector contributes between 0.95% to 2.5% of the region’s GDP.
Key skills gaps include:
- obtaining and managing funding
- organisational development
- inter-personal skills
- regulatory issues
- ICT
- Entrepreneurship
- management development skills
As income in the sector is often short-term and related to specific projects, there is a tendency for training provision to be funding driven rather than needs driven. In addition to that, many key stakeholder indicate that too much emphasis is being given to NVQ provision. It is also felt that training provision does not offer progression routes and higher level training for more experienced workers and volunteers.
Source: Milburn Trinnaman La Court 2004 and Voluntary Sector Report 2002
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