The Voluntary Sector: a brief tour

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Northern Rock StudyKey Findings in Yorkshire & Humber: • There are over 14,000 registered third sector

organisations (Mapping TSOs)• They have an annual income of over £2.75 billion

and total assets of £3.73 billion (Mapping TSOs)• They employ 72,700 paid workers or 3% of the

region’s workforce (Paid Work and Vol)• There are 335,400 volunteers who contribute over

25 million hours per year to the sector (Paid Work and Vol)

Northern Rock Study

4.7%

4.2%

3.5%

3.5%

3.3%

3.1%

3.0%

2.9%

2.8%

2.6%

2.5%

1.9%

1.9%

1.9%

1.1%

0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0%

North Yorkshire

York

Doncaster

Barnsley

Calderdale

Bradford

Leeds

Kingston upon Hull, City of

Sheffield

Rotherham

Kirklees

Wakefield

North East Lincolnshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

North LincolnshireRegional average: 3.0%

Third sector employment as a proportion of total employment by local authority

Northern Rock StudyChart 1: Income sources of general charities in Yorkshire and Humber, 2006/07

44.827.7

54.759.7

29.430

38.631

1920.7

29.637.9

33.252.5

24.114.1

49.940.7

4450

65.858.3

49.736.3

9.86.58.8

7.76.6

13.56.5

7.53.9

12.28.2

9.2

4.72.9

5.68.7

4.19.3

4.98.16.74.8

6.25.1

7.510.4

6.79.8

10.16.563.44.6

46.2

11.5

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

North YorkshireYork

North and North East LincolnshireEast Riding of Yorkshire

Kingston upon HullLeeds

Calderdale, Kirklees and WakefieldBradfordSheffield

Bansley, Doncaster and RotherhamYorkshire and Humber

UK

Individuals Statutory Sources Voluntary Sector Private Sector Internally Generated

Source: Guidestar Data Services/ Northern Rock Foundation Third Sector Trends study

Below the Radar?

• For every registered third sector organisations there is at least one unregistered organisation (BTR)

A Big Society in Yorkshire and Humber?

North East LincolnshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth East Lincolnshire

ScarboroughScarboroughScarboroughScarboroughScarboroughScarboroughScarboroughScarboroughScarborough

BarnsleyBarnsleyBarnsleyBarnsleyBarnsleyBarnsleyBarnsleyBarnsleyBarnsley

BradfordBradfordBradfordBradfordBradfordBradfordBradfordBradfordBradford

CalderdaleCalderdaleCalderdaleCalderdaleCalderdaleCalderdaleCalderdaleCalderdaleCalderdale

Kingston upon HullKingston upon HullKingston upon HullKingston upon HullKingston upon HullKingston upon HullKingston upon HullKingston upon HullKingston upon Hull

CravenCravenCravenCravenCravenCravenCravenCravenCraven

DoncasterDoncasterDoncasterDoncasterDoncasterDoncasterDoncasterDoncasterDoncaster

East Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of Yorkshire

HambletonHambletonHambletonHambletonHambletonHambletonHambletonHambletonHambleton

HarrogateHarrogateHarrogateHarrogateHarrogateHarrogateHarrogateHarrogateHarrogate

KirkleesKirkleesKirkleesKirkleesKirkleesKirkleesKirkleesKirkleesKirklees

LeedsLeedsLeedsLeedsLeedsLeedsLeedsLeedsLeeds

North LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireNorth Lincolnshire

RichmondshireRichmondshireRichmondshireRichmondshireRichmondshireRichmondshireRichmondshireRichmondshireRichmondshire

RotherhamRotherhamRotherhamRotherhamRotherhamRotherhamRotherhamRotherhamRotherham

RyedaleRyedaleRyedaleRyedaleRyedaleRyedaleRyedaleRyedaleRyedale

SelbySelbySelbySelbySelbySelbySelbySelbySelby

Sheff ieldSheff ieldSheff ieldSheff ieldSheff ieldSheff ieldSheff ieldSheff ieldSheff ield

WakefieldWakefieldWakefieldWakefieldWakefieldWakefieldWakefieldWakefieldWakefield

YorkYorkYorkYorkYorkYorkYorkYorkYork

% of Respondents

> 3025 to 3020 to 2514 to 20

FIGURE 4: EXTENT OF VOLUNTEERING

Source: Place Survey 2008

Participation and Involvement

A Big Society in Yorkshire and the Humber?

ScarboroughScarboroughScarboroughScarboroughScarboroughScarboroughScarboroughScarboroughScarborough

North East LincolnshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth East LincolnshireBarnsleyBarnsleyBarnsleyBarnsleyBarnsleyBarnsleyBarnsleyBarnsleyBarnsley

BradfordBradfordBradfordBradfordBradfordBradfordBradfordBradfordBradford

CalderdaleCalderdaleCalderdaleCalderdaleCalderdaleCalderdaleCalderdaleCalderdaleCalderdale

Kingston upon HullKingston upon HullKingston upon HullKingston upon HullKingston upon HullKingston upon HullKingston upon HullKingston upon HullKingston upon Hull

CravenCravenCravenCravenCravenCravenCravenCravenCraven

DoncasterDoncasterDoncasterDoncasterDoncasterDoncasterDoncasterDoncasterDoncaster

East Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of Yorkshire

HambletonHambletonHambletonHambletonHambletonHambletonHambletonHambletonHambleton

HarrogateHarrogateHarrogateHarrogateHarrogateHarrogateHarrogateHarrogateHarrogate

KirkleesKirkleesKirkleesKirkleesKirkleesKirkleesKirkleesKirkleesKirklees

LeedsLeedsLeedsLeedsLeedsLeedsLeedsLeedsLeeds

North LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireNorth Lincolnshire

RichmondshireRichmondshireRichmondshireRichmondshireRichmondshireRichmondshireRichmondshireRichmondshireRichmondshire

RotherhamRotherhamRotherhamRotherhamRotherhamRotherhamRotherhamRotherhamRotherham

RyedaleRyedaleRyedaleRyedaleRyedaleRyedaleRyedaleRyedaleRyedale

SelbySelbySelbySelbySelbySelbySelbySelbySelby

SheffieldSheffieldSheffieldSheffieldSheffieldSheffieldSheffieldSheffieldSheffield

WakefieldWakefieldWakefieldWakefieldWakefieldWakefieldWakefieldWakefieldWakefield

YorkYorkYorkYorkYorkYorkYorkYorkYork

IMD Score

> 3025 to 3012.5 to 250 to 12.5

Source: Index of Multiple Deprivation 2007

FIGURE 7: LEVELS OF DEPRIVATION

Context and Place• Variation is deprivation across Yorkshire and Humber

• Concentrations of deprivation at different levels

Surprises

• Rural and Urban

• Vulnerability

• Sources of income

• Not everywhere is the same: the geography of cuts

What’s happening now?

Quarterly Confidence Survey – 3 years• Doing more for less• Economic gloom…but a significant minority thriving – not just surviving

Latest Survey• More than half expect their finances to be stable• 38% expect it to deteriorate• Frustration that policy makers take voluntary & community organisations for granted and are listening a lot less

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Citizens Advice queues | £1m | Food Banks growth | Benefit changes

It’s the economy…

It’s different up North…

Health and Social care• Nationally 57% of VCS staff work in health & social care organisations• 45%of social work staff work in the charity sector• In Yorkshire & Humber almost 20% of general charities focus their activities in social services• Involve’s growing HealthNet : 500 and rising• Life expectancy is 12 years lower for men and 8.3 for women in the most deprived areas of Bradford than in the least deprived. • In North Yorkshire it is 6.3 and 4.6

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And some finer focus…

So what is different about rural?

It has long been known that rural needs are overlooked – or not given equal weight when policies are being decided or delivery programmes devised.(ACRE 2009).

In addition the fact that provision/purchase of such services is more expensive is also well recorded (LG Futures, Costs of Providing Services in rural areas, 2011and State of Rural Services 2011).

And….

• City Deal funding has focused on the bigger cities and the benefits are not translating to rural areas.

• In metropolitan areas rural communities and the Community and Voluntary sector who support them are on the fringe of policy not central to it.

• “A few years ago we were supporting the development of buying local food for many reasons, now we are helping to set up food banks.” (Rural Voluntary Organisation)

What else?It is impossible to overlook the impact of severe reductions in public funding

• It costs more to deliver services in sparse rural areas; and

• Central government gives less grant funding to rural than to urban local authorities. Recent work for SPARSE-Rural found that, on average, Predominantly Rural authorities receive £324 per head of population in 2011/12, whilst Predominantly Urban authorities receive £487 per head of population – a difference of £163.

(LG Futures, 2011)

What can work well?

The Voluntary and Community Sector can work with business to help them build relationships and with the community in which they operate.

Working in partnership with the local authority and others is often key to success, collaborate rather than compete.

Libraries potentially closing and the VCS supporting communities to take them on. Other opportunities have been found as a result to overcome rural isolation.

The Voluntary Sector: a brief tour

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All can be downloaded from www.involveyorkshirehumber.org.uk

• Third Sector Organisations in Yorkshire & Humber• Below the Radar• A big society in Yorkshire & Humber? (CRESR Hallam, ESRC, Involve Y & H)• Quarterly Confidence Survey• HealthNet• Rural Network

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References

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Involve is an important organisation, especially in these times, since it

encourages people working in the voluntary and community sector to

think – and to do. Both are necessary; progress is impossible otherwise.

Julia Unwin, Chief ExecutiveJoseph Rowntree Foundation