Transcript An atlas of the recession

A guided tour of the voluntary sector
Yorkshire and Humber
Tuesday 4 March 2014
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What’s the shape and size of the
voluntary and community sector?
Judy Robinson
Chief Executive, Involve Yorkshire &
Humber
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Yorkshire & Humber Third Sector
Trends Survey 2013
Some statistics…
• 10,278 registered organisations
• Income £1.56bn
• Employees: full time: 50,000 - 77,000
part time: 54,000 - 84,000
• Volunteers 234,000-362,000
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Activities
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33% front line services (eg social care)
33% support services (eg advocacy)
5% indirect support (policy)
10% infrastructure
1% foundations & trusts
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Organisational size
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24% micro
(£0-5,000)
26% small
(£5,000-50,000)
24% medium (50,000-250,000)
24% large
(£250,000+)
Most areas have similar distribution except
Humber - more smaller organisations
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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
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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
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The wider context
• Index of Deprivation: Hull, Bradford,
Doncaster, Barnsley
• Cuts to local authority funding by central
Government: Bradford, Hull, Doncaster,
North East Lincolnshire
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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
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Want to know more?
• Launch of the Third Sector Trends
Survey report
Friday 2 May 2014
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