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State of the Sector VI State of the Sector VI A guide to State of the Sector VI Income from the general public 2011 estimates Income from the general public is based on data Income from the Northern Ireland Giving Survey 2010. A key aim of the State of the Sector series has Income from general public £220 million been to ensure consistent reporting of data in The data presented are directly comparable to order that these could be compared over the that reported in previous reports and, where Income from government £392.1 million years. While each report is specific to a certain appropriate, direct comparisons have been made Income from Europe £70.1 million time frame, developments and trends in the with previous research into charitable giving in Income from Lottery £31.1 million voluntary and community sector can be traced Northern Ireland. through each of them and comparisons with Income from Trusts £28.5 million Income from Europe previous reports can be made. State of the Total income £741.9 million Sector VI is, however, a departure from the series In State of the Sector V the figures presented to date and relies in the main on information accounted for income to the voluntary and obtained from source, rather than generated from community sector from a limited number of Earned income £430.3 million a sample. As a result, some of the headline data European programmes, namely Peace II and Total expenditure £719.6 million reported in State of the Sector VI are not directly Interreg II A. This report takes a broader view and comparable with earlier reports. An overview of defines European income more broadly to include the main changes is outlined below. Peace III, Interreg IVA and the European Social Total assets £863.8 million Fund. Income from government Identifying income from government to the Income from Lottery Giving voluntary and community sector has become For this report there was no change in the Average monthly donation £25.35 easier over the years, particularly in the period way data on Lottery funding to the sector was Proportion giving to charity 83% accounted for in the current report. Accordingly generated ie the data was generated at source. information on income from central and local government, including Education and Library Income from voluntary sources Workforce Boards, the Health Board and Trusts is now In previous reports this category included both Total paid workforce 27,773 collected in a more systematic way and is funding from charitable organisations, including more readily accessible to organisations Trusts, and funding derived from the sale of outside government. As a consequence of this goods and services within the voluntary and Employment status methodological change data was provided to community sector. State of the Sector VI has Full time 59.5% the research team from source. This replaced limited the data to that derived from charitable the need to generate estimates derived from organisations and Trusts. The figures are again Part time 40.5% sets of accounts returned as part of the survey. generated at source from the funders. Direct comparisons with previous reports should, therefore, be undertaken with caution. Gender Male 22% Female 78% 2 3 Table of contents 1 Introduction 11 7 Workforce 48 1.1 Structure of the report 12 7.1 Workforce profile 49 2 Definitions 14 7.2 Workforce composition 53 3 Methodology 16 7.3 Community background of workforce 54 3.1 Surveying the sector 16 7.3 Comparisons with the overall Northern Ireland workforce 55 3.2 Sub-sectoral analysis 17 7.4 Challenges facing employers and employees 58 3.3 Estimating the size of the sector 17 7.5 Recruitment 58 7.6 Retention 59 4 Profile 18 4.1 Geographic spread 18 8 Volunteers 60 4.2 Activities 20 8.1 Mapping volunteering involving organisations in Northern Ireland 61 5 Income and expenditure 23 8.2 Mapping volunteering involving organisations in Northern Ireland (Phase 2) 69 5.1 Income profile 24 8.3 Volunteer management 71 5.2 Government 26 8.4 Recruitment and retention of volunteers 71 5.3 Health and education 28 9 Forecasts 74 5.4 Local government 29 9.1 General outlook 74 5.5 Additional sources of funding 31 9.2 Staff 75 5.6 Europe 31 9.3 Volunteer practices 76 5.7 Lottery 32 9.4 Beneficiaries 76 5.8 Trusts 33 9.5 Campaigning and lobbying 76 5.9 Overall funding to the voluntary and community sector 34 9.6 Competition for funding 77 5.10 Assets and expenditure 35 9.7 Income and expenditure 78 5.11 Reserves policy 36 9.8 Services 78 5.12 Expenditure 37 9.9 Collaborative working and mergers 79 6 Giving 38 9.10 Closure 80 6.1 Giving in Northern Ireland 39 9.11 Devolution to the Northern Ireland Assembly 81 6.2 Distribution of giving 40 9.12 Factors inhibiting organisations’ success over the next 12 months 81 6.3 Methods of giving 41 Appendix 84 References 92 4 5 Acknowledgements Foreword NICVA is indebted to a great number of As Chair of NICVA’s Executive Committee vulnerable due to the current economic people who have assisted in the publication it gives me great pleasure to write the climate. This is despite there already being of State of the Sector VI. We would like to foreword for State of the Sector. State huge pressures on the resources available to thank all the staff in NICVA who assisted in of the Sector is now in its sixth edition, the sector. the compilation of the sixth edition of State and it continues to make an important of the Sector. contribution towards our understanding NICVA has, through our campaigns and by of the voluntary and community sector. It working collaboratively with government and NICVA would also like to acknowledge is clear from this report that the sector is other organisations, been at the forefront the fundamental part played by the as dynamic and changeable as ever. At of efforts to move the Northern Ireland organisations that patiently completed the time of the publication of State of the economy towards one that is more equitable the questionnaires and supplied us with Sector V, I noted that the sector was at a and socially responsible. The role that the copies of their annual accounts. Without critical juncture in its history; resources were voluntary and community sector plays in the co-operation of the many groups that becoming scarcer, the role of the sector building and supporting the local economy responded to our requests for information, was changing, and wider events were should be clear from the findings contained it would not have been possible to produce posing some fundamental challenges. Yet, in this year’s State of the Sector. State of the Sector VI. We would like to the sector has met these challenges head- Bob Stronge thank the various government departments, on through diverse, creative and innovative non-departmental and statutory bodies and Chair ways of funding, working, cooperating and NICVA funders that have very kindly provided us collaborating, all of which are reflected in with the information necessary to compile the findings of this report. this publication. Particular thanks go to both Volunteer Now, for providing access State of the Sector VI gives us another to two recent reports on volunteering, and snapshot of the varied and dynamic to the Voluntary and Community Unit, for environment within which the voluntary and its assistance with all matters relating to community sector must operate in these the Government Funding Database. Finally, difficult economic times, an economic thanks also go to the Charity Commission environment that the sector is now feeling for Northern Ireland for providing additional the impact of. With its comprehensive organisational information. review of the sector, State of the Sector VI will provide an insight into the sector State of the Sector VI was compiled by for researchers, policymakers, fundraisers Stephen Bloomer, Ciaran Hughes and and senior managers in the voluntary and Andrea Thornbury. Thanks go to Ian Mocroft community sector. who undertook initial work on behalf of the Research Unit in relation to assessing In the midst of discussions surrounding government expenditure in the voluntary and welfare reform, it is obvious that in the community sector. The research programme near future new responsibilities will fall on was also assisted at various stages by Amy the voluntary and community sector as it Harvey and Eugene Curran. continues its role of supporting the most marginalised within our communities and those who are becoming increasingly 6 7 Overview There are approximately 4,836 voluntary and these being tough economic times. Only a The voluntary and community sector cannot The predominance of females in the community sector organisations in Northern small number of donors (14%) indicated that be treated as a single homogenous entity, workforce continues to be a feature of Ireland. they had decreased the amounts they gave but should be viewed as a sector of great the voluntary and community sector. over the last year; 84% had either increased diversity and difference that is nevertheless Seven out of ten employees are female Income from all main sources in 2009- or maintained their level of giving. connected by some fundamental similarities. (72%). This is significantly higher than 2010 is estimated to be £741.9 million. In relation to primary sub-sectors and the female composition in both the public The main source of funding income is from In terms of addressing the question, ‘who beneficiaries the results fromState of the sector (52%) and the private sector, where central government (34.2%), followed by gives to charity?’ the most likely groups Sector VI are consistent with those reported less than half of employees are female the general public through charitable giving to give are females, people aged 39-49, in State of the Sector V.
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