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
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Related Pages
Documents
VONNE Briefing: Learning and Skills - December 2009 (PDF 64kB)
VONNE Briefing: Skills Accounts - March 2010 (PDF 26kb)
External Links - Regional VCS
County Durham Voluntary & Community Sector Working Together Forum
Tyne & Wear Pentagon partnership
Northumberland VCS Learning Consortium
External Links - Regional
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
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