VCS Development

Employment in the voluntary sector has experienced its second consecutive quarterly rise, according to the latest analysis of the Labour Force Survey, with the number of paid employees in the sector increased by approximately 20,000 between January and March, an increase of 2.6% on the previous quarter,

This follows on from employment levels experiencing a slight recovery during the final quarter of 2011, according to earlier analysis, with 36,000 employees entering the voluntary sector’s paid workforce between October and December 2011.

Enable, the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire VCS learning and skills consortium, has secured £1.4million of ESF funding to help VCS employees in the East Midlands improve their employment potential through workforce learning.

The Minister for Political and Constitutional and Reform, Mark Harper has published a summary of responses to the Government’s recent consultation, entitled Introducing a Statutory Register of Lobbyists, which sets out the Government’s next steps in terms of policy development. 

The consultation, which One East Midlands responded to on behalf of our members, was open from 20 January to 20 April 2012. The Government will now develop revised policy proposals with the intention of publishing a White Paper and draft Bill during this session of Parliament.

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has commissioned a partnership to carry out research examining the role of the VCS in bo