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Take the opportunity to shape the development of skills in the voluntary and community sector.
Success is down to perseverance, ability, skills and experience, but it is also about being given an opportunity.
Leigh Clifford (CEO, Rio Tinto)
The need for adequately trained and skilled individuals in the voluntary and community sector has never been underestimated. However the opportunities for organisations to help individuals develop may not have always been there. At the very least there has been a lack of a strategic approach to the development of skills in the voluntary and community sector.
However Positive Steps signalled the need for a skills strategy for the voluntary and community sector. However our knowledge of the actual skills gaps and future skills needs of the voluntary and community sector was patchy.
Therefore research has been carried out by NICVA in partnership with: Skills for Justice, Skills for Health, SkillsActive, Skills for Care and Development, Skillsmart Retail, Asset Skills, Lantra, Lifelong Learning UK, Creative and Cultural Skills. To find out more about each of these Sector Skills Councils visit www.communityskillsni.org.
The research was funded by the Department of Employment and Learning, and will enable the skills needs and workforce development issues of voluntary and community organisations to be analysed. It also provides a break down of occupations and skills needs by Sector Skills Council (SSC).
If you are interested in attending please contact Leanne Reilly, Skills for Justice. before 15 august 2007 as places are limited.
028 9025 8028
leanne.reilly@skillsforjustice.com
If you require any additional information about this research please contact Gordon McCullough at NICVA on:
028 9087 7777
If you require any information on NICVA’s training calendar click here or contact Sandra Bailie at NICVA on:
028 9087 7777
This new research carried out this year raises important issues which can help to develop its workforce for the future. You are invited to inform a shared action plan offering new solutions and building on the skills identified in the research.
Consultation events will be held from 9.45am to 3.30pm as follows:
29 August 2007 - St Columb’s Park House, 4 Limavady Road, Derry
4 September 2007 - NICVA, 61 Duncairn Gardens, Belfast
At each session a number of themes that have emerged during the research will be discussed. These themes include recruitment issues, alleviating skills gaps, accessing training, skills developments and developing the skills strategy.
Agenda
9.45am Tea and coffee on arrival
10.00am Welcome and introductions
10.15am Key messages from the research
11.00am Workforce development and skills debate
1.00pm Hot lunch
2.00pm New solutions
Developing a future strategy
3.30pm Closing comments and depart
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