New Skills website launches

NICVA launches new website

NICVA is pleased to launch communityskillsni, the new skills site for the voluntary and community sector in Northern Ireland. This site is the one stop shop for information about workforce development. Here you will find information about national occupational standards, sector skills councils, management and leadership and much more.

Development

It has been developed to help you connect all the work that is going on regarding skills development and relate it to the work that you are doing the in voluntary and community sector. The site has been developed from the Callnet site which was funded by the Big Lottery. CommunitySkillsNI still contains the information previously available on Callnet and much more besides.

www.communityskillsni.org

Workforce Development

NICVA has been working to build the capacity of the voluntary and community sector by investing in workforce development. This has been through the management development programme, outreach programme of fundraising and charity advice and the consultancy service.

Sector Skills Councils

The sector has also been engaging with the Sector Skills Councils (SSC) that have a footprint in the voluntary and community sector and the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA) at a local level through involvement with SSC boards and working groups. NICVA represents the sector at a strategic UK level as part of the Workforce Hub working with the SSDA. The new website has been developed to bring all of this learning on workforce development together in one place and to encourage organisations to engage with the bodies and structures that are there to help them.

If you would like to comment on the new site or submit an article or event please contact Sandra Bailie sandra.bailie@nicva.org