Learning and Skills

Learning and Skills is increasing becoming one of the central policy focus areas for the Government in an effort to mitigate the effects of the recession and position the UK to take advantage of the opportunities that are predicted in a changing global economy.

The VCS in the North East have a number of roles to play in the future of learning and skills in the region.  Whether this is through workforce development, to ensure our staff and volunteers have the right skills to meet the challenges ahead, as a provider in supporting our beneficiaries to reach their potential, or as an advocate for those impacted on by the mainstream learning and skills policy and service delivery.

The Learning and Skills Section of VONNE's website aims to provide information which supports the region's VCS to continue to undertake these three roles.  Below you will find the latest news on issues which impact on learning and skills in the region.

 

Latest News

Latest News

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07/04/2011

Voluntary sector staff numbers flatline despite Big Society

Numbers of paid staff and average hourly pay have failed to recover since the last quarter, despite increased emphasis on the Governments Big Society. ...

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24/03/2011

SFA sub-contracting arrangemnts

We have received information that the SFA are running two online seminars aimed at providers looking to become sub-contractors under a lead contractor.The...

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24/11/2010

New strategy: Skills and the North East England Economy

A strategy document has been produced looking at current skill levels and what is needed for the future of the North East economy.‘Skills and the...

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01/11/2010

Are you registered to bid for SFA contracts?

The Approved College and Training Organisation Register (ACTOR) is the Skills Funding Agency's (SFA) on-line e-Tendering application for the procurement...

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23/07/2010

Are you registered for Skills Funding Agency contracts?

If you are interesting in leading on future contracts made available from the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) you need to register on their Qualified Provider...

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13/07/2010

Third Sector National Skills Strategy

Skills - Third Sector, the sector skills body for the third sector have launched their consultation on the development of a National Skills Strategy. ...

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26/04/2010

The Skills Funding Agency Offer

The new Skills Funding Agency has produced their first document outlining the services they oversee in the North East. The document (attached) highlights...

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16/03/2011

Third sector support for apprenticeships: New Employers’ Forum launched

Skills - Third Sector and Fair Train have launched a new Employers Forum, which will: Support the development, understanding and promotion of apprenticeships...

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16/03/2011

National Skills Networks and Academies: A framework for building and promoting quality in third sector skills

Acting on feedback from consultation, Skills - Third Sector are working with partners to develop a network model to help fill key skills gaps in the...

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16/03/2011

Skills - Third Sector sets up four skills networks

Skills - Third Sector is establishing four consortia to improve skills and learning in the voluntary sector. The skills body, which was established...

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Staff Contact

Carrie Brookes

Carrie Brookes

Communications Manager

email: carrie.brookes@vonne.org.uk

 

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Related Pages

Workforce Development

Documents

VONNE Briefing: Learning and Skills - December 2009 (PDF 64kB)

VONNE Briefing: Skills Accounts - March 2010 (PDF 26kb)

External Links - Regional VCS

voluntaryskills.com

County Durham Voluntary & Community Sector Working Together Forum

Tyne & Wear Pentagon partnership

Northumberland VCS Learning Consortium

Tees Valley Working Together

External Links - Regional

One North East

Skills North East

External Links - National

Skills - Third Sector
Website of the new national skills body for the Third Sector.

Third Sector National Learning Alliance
Website for the national alliance of voluntary and community organisations and social enterprises involved in learning and skills

NCVO's Workforce development pages

NIACE

The third sector pages of the national LSC website.

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Website of the Government Department with responsibility for Learning & Skills

External Links - other

Website that you might find useful.

Learning from Experience
An archive of Consortia Good Practice Website from NIACE

Learning Links
An online directory of VCS infrastructure organisations that support learning and training.

YPLA Briefing paper
The Third Sector National Learning Alliance's briefing paper on the new Young People's Learning Agency.

SFA Briefing paper
The Third Sector National Learning Alliance's briefing paper on the Skills Funding Agency