The Great Skills Debate

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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.

Developing skills for 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.

Information

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 visit our training section or contact Sandra Bailie at NICVA on 028 9087 7777

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).

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

Consultation events will be held at NICVA from 9.45am to 3.30pm on 04 September 2007. The session will cover a number of themes that have emerged during the research.

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 solution: Developing a future strategy
  • 3.30pm - Closing comments and depart

Registration

If you are interested in attending please contact Leanne Reilly before 15 August 2007 as places are limited:

Leanne Reilly
Skills for Justice

t: 028 9025 8028
e: leanne.reilly@skillsforjustice.com


NICVA | John McCormick | 31 Aug 2007
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