Voluntary and community sector capacity building

Progress was the name of a voluntary sector partnership project being delivered on behalf of CWDC’s Young People’s Workforce Reform Programme. It was based on five key principles:

1  Owned and led by the voluntary and community sector to ensure participation
2. Integrated across regional and national training providers
3. Flexible for both learner and organisation
4. Based on a shared understanding of quality and outcomes
5. Builds on existing infastructure to ensure sustainability

The project is building the capacity of the voluntary and community sector by

• delivering over 27,000 accredited training places for volunteers and paid staff, due to the high demand for the training
• Providing bursaries to 30 voluntary sector organisations to help them  
  become accredited training providers for their staff and volunteers.        
  Bursaries were awarded in December 2010.

• Supporting 360 individual trainers, with best practice learning resources and further opportunities to gain new skills, experience and qualifications.