The Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) is a hugely diverse sector, made up of over 190,000 registered charities. The sector includes organisations registered with the Charity Commission, as well as a vast array of others, including housing associations, universities and colleges, schools, places of worship, NHS trusts, trade unions, sports and recreation clubs, small voluntary groups and social enterprises.
The VCS:
The VCS has continued to expand with more than 600,000 people employed, however volunteering continues to be extremely important to the sector– in fact it is estimated that 1.1 million full-time UK workers would be needed to replace volunteers – at a cost of £25.4billion.
Broadly speaking the sector can be said to consist of organisations that are:
Within North Yorkshire a dynamic and vibrant voluntary and community sector provides a vast range of services and opportunities. The sector is a major service provider in health and social care, leisure and recreation, play and youth work, education and life long learning, advice and information, environment, arts, housing, economic and community development, community safety and criminal justice, heritage and animal welfare. The York and North Yorkshire Database for the VCS currently has over 3,000 records for voluntary and community organisations of all sizes.
Careers in the Voluntary and Community Sector
