A guided tour of the voluntary sector Yorkshire and Humber Tuesday 4 March 2014 #VCStourYH

What’s the shape and size of the voluntary and community sector? Judy Robinson Chief Executive, Involve Yorkshire & Humber #VCStourYH

Some statistics… 10,278 registered organisations Income £1.56bn Employees: full time: 50, ,000 part time: 54, ,000 Volunteers 234, ,000 #VCStourYH Yorkshire & Humber Third Sector Trends Survey 2013

Activities 33% front line services (eg social care) 33% support services (eg advocacy) 5% indirect support (policy) 10% infrastructure 1% foundations & trusts #VCStourYH

Organisational size 24% micro (£0-5,000) 26% small (£5,000-50,000) 24% medium (50, ,000) 24% large (£250,000+) Most areas have similar distribution except Humber - more smaller organisations #VCStourYH

Finances Income What’s most important? Grants 50% Contracts 31% Earned 21% Reserves 26% had no reserves 22% (who had reserves) had drawn on them to meet essential costs #VCStourYH

Employment Of whole sample 38% employ no staff A further 31% employ fewer than 5 f/t staff Part time staff is prevalent in all sizes of organisations The estimated value of volunteering is £106 - £164bn a year #VCStourYH

The wider context Index of Deprivation: Hull, Bradford, Doncaster, Barnsley Cuts to local authority funding by central Government: Bradford, Hull, Doncaster, North East Lincolnshire #VCStourYH

Prospects Mixed picture of income: falling income experienced by all size organisations, but middle sized most affected; future expectations mixed too Contracting: only 15% are delivering contracts – larger organisations; many organisations not interested in contracting Contribution: volunteering and smaller volunteer run organisations tend to be in more rural areas Running on empty? Impact on local economy and local employment #VCStourYH

Want to know more? Launch of the Third Sector Trends Survey report Friday 2 May 2014 #VCStourYH