This page contains material of practical benefit to the development of VCS organisations. Content includes information on training, resources, quality standards, governance and fundraising.
The Department for Communities and Local Government is aiming to widen its understanding of volunteering for, and membership of, voluntary sector organisations, and how their patterns may have changed over recent years.
The gross income of the charity sector has increased by over 20 percent in the last five years, from £48.4billion in 2008 to £58.48billion in 2012 according to the latest Charity Commission figures.
One East Midlands knows that the world the voluntary and community sector is working in, whether it is alongside other VCS organisations or increasingly with public and private sector organisations, is full of initials, abbreviations and language that may be new to us.
Rocket Science consultants, which aims to improve the quality and performance of services for the public, have developed a free new tool to help VCS organisations assess their capacity to deliver public services.
Pro Bono Economics works with economist volunteers to provide free help to charities in all areas of the sector and across the UK to address questions around measurement, results and impact.
The Charity Commission will start considering online applications for registration as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation from 12noon on Monday 10 December 2012.
Half of local authorities in England reduced the amount of grant funding to the voluntary sector between 2011/12 and 2012/13 disproportionately, compared to the amount their own budgets have been reduced by, according to research from Compact Voice.
