12:00 WORKSHOP - HOW DOES THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF YOUR WORKFORCE IMPACT ON HOW YOU RUN YOUR ORGANISATION?

On the 9th June, we will post a video here featuring Karl Wilding, Head of Research at NCVO, talking about how the UK voluntary sector/ NGO workforce is changing and what that means for the running of organisations. How does the make up of your workforce impact on you?


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Permalink Reply by Karl Wilding on June 9, 2010 at 15:35
Though one might argue that if the measures were set by the commissioner then that simply reflects the wrong measures being used...But that's another workshop Piret!
Permalink Reply by Somanah Achadoo on June 9, 2010 at 12:57
Anna:

Here in the UK, with unemployment rising, there's an increasing demand in volunteering where some areas of the sector finding it difficult to cope with.
Permalink Reply by Karl Wilding on June 9, 2010 at 15:44
I think Somanah's point is really important. I wonder if the recession flushed out a deeper problem that has been bubbling under for some time: that matching supply and demand for active citizens and volunteers is going to get more difficult. Engaged citizens want a la carte (or should that be take away...or drive thru?) engagement opportunites. But voluntary organisations - and possibly government, as it thinks about the Big Society - want those people to be much more committed, presumably for longer periods, potentially undertaking tasks that have been organised like a job description.

That's not to volunteers are a problem when thinking about the workforce - but it might suggest we are going to need better ways of matching supply and demand, including more of the remote (web-based) volunteering described by Jayne Cravens.

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