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A 21st Century Voluntary & Community Sector for Yorkshire and the Humber

Author: Gary Craig, University of Hull | Published: January 2005 | 428.51KB

This research report surveys income and activity across voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations in Yorkshire and the Humber. Professor Gary Craig calls for the region and the VCS to take a longer term view of the web of voluntary activity and the ways in which it is supported.

The research demonstrates the increasingly important role the VCS plays in helping deliver services ranging from meals on wheels to school support.

It also clearly shows how the VCS adds additional economic value as well as social and community benefits. The VCS has achieved what it has almost invisibly and the report calls for the region to work with the VCS to engage in an open dialogue that defines its role.

Britain's Immigrants: An economic profile

Author: Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Laurence Cooley and Tracy Kornblatt | Published: September 2007 | 256.28KB

This report has been produced to form the empirical basis of an episode of Channel 4?s Dispatches series on the economic characteristics of Britain?s immigrant communities and the contributions they make to the country.

Changing Funding Programmes

Author: Prof John Shutt and Felix Kumi-Ampofo | Published: October 2005 | 784.42KB

This research quantifies the potential impact of the loss of funding to the voluntary and community sector post 2006. The report demonstrates how important the voluntary sector is to improving the region's quality of life and shows that the sector faces big challenges in the future.

Collaborative Accounting 2006 - 2014

Author: Peg Alexander | Published: February 2006 | 228.48KB

This document outlines a strategy and action plan to assist community accounting and community payroll schemes in Yorkshire and the Humber to collaborate. It has been produced by an informal coalition of community accounting and community payroll schemes in the region.

The report describes how the strategy will be delivered through the following activities:

Reviewing how to share information and resources.

Marketing and market research.

Developing paid time for collaboration.

Joint work around costings and charges.

Training for Community Accounting staff/Payroll staff.

Collaboration around delivery of training to customer groups.

Contracting, procurement and social enterprise.

Commercial Evaluation Humberside Community Accountancy Project

Author: Neil King | Published: May 2006 | 171.63KB

This piece of research has been undertaken as an integral part of the delivery
of an effective and comprehensive community accountancy service across the
Humber sub-region as outlined in Humber Federation of Local Development
Agencies (FoLDA) Infrastructure Investment Plan 2005-06.

Communities, Perceptions and Civic Participation - a survey of public attitudes and activity

Author: Yorkshire Futures | Published: August 2008 | 1.6MB

This is the full report of the Communities, Perceptions and Civic Participation.

The study, the first using the Yorkshire and Humber Citizens Panel, investigated community participation and civic engagement. The region has opportunities to heighten both, and better understanding of citizen activity and viewpoints will help inform how to respond.

Communities, Perceptions and Civic Participation - a survey of public attitudes and activity - Summary

Author: Yorkshire Futures | Published: July 2008 | 108.42KB

The study, the first using the Yorkshire and Humber Citizens Panel, investigated community participation and civic engagement. The region has opportunities to heighten both, and better understanding of citizen activity and viewpoints will help inform how to respond.

Community Crunch

Author: South West Forum | Published: January 2009 | 172.44KB

The impact of the economic downturn on the services and sustainability of voluntary and community organisations in the South West.

Engagement in Local Area Agreements

Author: South West Forum | Published: July 2008 | 552.95KB

In partnership with Government Office SW and Black SW Network, South West Forum conducted research on voluntary and community sector engagement in Local Area Agreements in 2008.

Essays on the Yorkshire and Humber Region

Author: Leeds Metropolitan University - John Shutt, Roger Henderson and Steve Johnson | Published: September 2006 | 926.02KB

This collection of essays on the regional economy provides an insight into the important applied research and consultancy work undertaken in the Yorkshire and Humber region by three centres within Leeds Metropolitan University: the Centre for Urban Development and Environmental Management (CUDEM); the European Regional Business and Economic Development Unit (ERBEDU) and the Policy Research Institute (PRI).

The collection demonstrates the wide ranging nature of activity undertaken in the units, such that the individual papers do not fit neatly into coherent themes. Nevertheless, three thematic areas are identified which reflect core areas within the work undertaken: Community and Enterprise; Labour Market and Sector Research; and Spatial Studies.

Evaluation Report for the Social Accounting and Audit Pilot Project 2003-2004

Author: Teressa Butler | Published: December 2004 | 283.81KB

In March 2003 the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Forum secured funding from Government Office for Yorkshire and Humber to run a pilot project to encourage organisations in the voluntary and community sector to undertake social auditing.

The Regional Forum's aim was to raise awareness of social auditing within the voluntary and community sector, to encourage the sector to measure and demonstrate social impact, and to support a handful of organisations through the process to act as role models to encourage others to do likewise and so build a network of experienced practitioners in the region.

Humberside Community Accountancy Service ? Does it add up?

Author: Helen McGill, Humberside Community Accountancy Service | Published: May 2006 | 111.07KB

This research was undertaken to establish whether there was sufficient demand to develop a community accountancy service for voluntary and community organisations based in the Humber region. Also whether sufficient organisations had the funds to pay for such a service.

Mapping the Contribution of the Voluntary and Community Sector in Yorkshire and the Humber

Author: The Regional Forum, Graha,m Lewis | Published: May 2001 | 214.26KB

The Regional Forum's research providing regional level data on the sector's contribution, focusing on number of organisations, employment, volunteering, and contribution to regional economy.

Powerful Connections

Author: Linda Joy Mitchell and Helen Bush | Published: September 2004 | 206.45KB

This report presents key findings from the Powerful Connections research into how public agencies connect with the voluntary and community sector to influence policy and strategy.

Profiles of the Workforce by Ethnicity and Migrant Workers - Yorkshire and the Humber

Author: A. Green, D. Owen and R. Wilson | Published: November 2005 | 166.59KB

This is one of 9 Regional Profiles. The objective is to provide a set of national and regional profiles of employment patterns, focussing upon gender, age and ethnic group, including variations across occupation and sector dimensions (as far as the data will allow).

Project Evaluation - People Plus

Author: The College of Chinese Physical Culture | Published: March 2003 | 179.68KB

The People Plus Project used an innovative and challenging programme of holistic exercise. It developed the
learning potential, health, fitness and life skills of people through a balanced mix of fun and training, which incorporates movement, dance and gymnastic-based exercises.

The Project commenced on the 1st June 2002 and ended on the 2nd April 2003. It consisted of eleven classes. These classes, facilitated by well-qualified tutors of the College of Chinese Physical Culture (CPC), are held onsite
in a number of businesses in York and North Yorkshire.

Still Surviving NOT Thriving - Responding to the Recession...but?

Author: VONNE | Published: November 2009 | 1.19MB

The aim of the "Still Surviving?; survey was to update the findings from the previous survey, "Surviving NOT Thriving (SNT), in order to provide an ongoing picture of the impact of the recession on the region's third sector. VONNE wanted to ensure that six months on from SNT we were adequately reflecting the needs of the sector in our calls for greater and more targeted support that meets the needs of the third sector in the North East.

In SNT third sector organisations were asked to predict the impact that the recession was likely to have on them as organisations and the services that they provide to their beneficiaries. It shows the sector's strength that it was able to predict the impact that the recession would have. However, the impact has been every bit as bad as we feared and the legacy is likely to be felt for months if not years to come.

Surviving NOT Thriving

Author: VONNE | Published: May 2009 | 292.92KB

‘Surviving NOT Thriving’ aims to assess the impact of the recession on voluntary and community organisations and their beneficiaries. Early findings from a survey of the sector tell us that over half of respondents are already seeing a downturn in their funding and are predicting further decreases this year. A third are struggling to cope with increased demand, mental health charities, advice services and hostels are turning people away as demand outstrips resources. One quarter predict they will make staff redundant this year, and two thirds believe their beneficiaries are ill equipped to cope with the impact of the recession.

The economic contribution of Rural Community Businesses (RCBs) in the Yorkshire and the Humber region

Author: Tony Gore, Ryan Powell and Peter Wells | Published: September 2003 | 277.87KB

This study sets out the economic contribution of Rural Community Businesses (RCBs) in the Yorkshire and the Humber region. Previous work on community businesses has focused on their role within metropolitan environments and in particular as part of the process of urban regeneration.

To help address this gap the Humber and the Wolds, and Yorkshire Rural Community Councils commissioned a Yorkshire Forward funded study in February 2003 to review the scope, extent and impact of community owned businesses operating in the Yorkshire and Humber region.

The North in Numbers

Author: Michael Johnson, Olga Mrinska and Howard Reed | Published: November 2007 | 1.15MB

This paper provides background to ippr north's Northern Economic Agenda project. The project aims to take a detailed, penetrating look at the economic performance of the three northern regions of England - the North, the Nortth West and Yorkshire and the Humber.

The report gives a detailed account of the economic performance of the North of England on a range of economic, social and environmental indicators.