State of the Sector VI
Methodology• May 2011, 5,234 questionnaires distributed
• Survey re-issued in June 2011 to maximise return rate
• A total of 1,550 organisations responded, giving a response rate of 29%
• Of this number, 359 were either extinct or were classified as not suitable for the purposes of this survey
• A total of 1,191 usable questionnaires was generated, which is a 23% response rate
• 512 sets of annual accounts for 2009-2010 made available
Workforce / Employment
• An increase in the number of staff employed in the sector.
• The sector now employs an estimated 27,773 individuals (3.8% of the total NI workforce)
• Compared with 26,737 (3.7%) in 2008• 28,932 reported in State of the Sector IV (4.4%) (NICVA, 2005)
Employment - Workforce profile by sub-sectors
Mean % of workforce
Advice services 13 4.0Arts in the voluntary and community sector 5 1.3Children and families 18 20.1Community development 6 4.9Community relations 8 1.5Criminal justice and community safety 28 1.8Disability 64 24.2Education/training 13 7.2Health and wellbeing 17 8.0Housing and homelessness 47 3.0Lobbying/policy 24 1.0Older people 48 8.8Women 64 1.8Young people 13 5.3Other 32 2.3
Breakdown of paid workforce by size of organisation
2011 (%) 2008 (%)
£10,000 2.5 0.4
£10,001- £100,000 12 11.0
£100,001 - £250,000 12.2 12.4
£250,001 - £500,000 15.5 13.7
£500,001 - £1 million 13.6 9.9
£1 million plus 44.2 52.6
INCOME
Distribution of organisations by economic size for the period 2001-2002 to 2009-2010 (%)
<10,000 £10,000-£100,000
£100,000-£250,000
250,000-500,000
500,000-£1 million
>1 million 0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
37
43
7 63 4
42
36
6 74 5
35 36
129
4 4
37
30
13
86 6
2001/02
2003/04
2006/07
2009/2010
Average annual income by income band
Income band Average income2009/10
% of total
income 2009/10
% of sector
2009/10
% of total income 2006/07
% of sector
2006/07
<£10,000 £4,854
1
37
1
35
£10,001-£100,000 £41,905
7
30
9
36
£100,001 - £250,000 £151,963
11
13
12
12
£250,001 - £500,000 £336,737
15
8
20
9
£500,001 – £1 million £697,087
14
6
8
4
Over £1,000,001 £2,990,605
52
6
51
4
Central government funding by department 2008-2009 and 2009-2010
Northern Ireland Assembly: Direct Departmental Expenditure
2008-2009 expenditure (£)
2009-2010 expenditure (£)
DARD 1,432,000 513,000
DCAL 6,845,929 9,916,748
Department of Education 11,073,458 3,231,667
DEL 16,645,608 16,866,948
DETI 618,200 914,644
DHSSPS 12,549,738 9,779,885
DOE 1,894,440 1,106,552
DOJ 5,141,986 5,944,987
DRD 4,250,000 5,500,000
DSD 185,376,624 198,527,310
OFMDFM 3,474,166 1,643,290
Northern Ireland Direct Total 249,302,149 253,945,031
Overall main funding sources
Funding source 2009-2010£ million
%
Central Government 253,945,031 34.2
Non-departmental public bodies / statutory bodies etc
Health and Education 84,731,961 11.4
Other NDPBs etc 44,469,880 6 Local Government 9,000,000 1.2Europe 70,099,426 9.4Lottery 31,140,299 4.2Trusts 28,500,000 3.8General public 220,000,000 29.7Total 741,886,597 100
Number of organisations
Summary figures
2011 2008 2005Nos. vol / com organisations
4,836 4,700 4,500
Assets £863 million
£737 million
£755 million
Total income £741 million
£570 million
£614 million
Total expenditure £719 million
£544 million
£590 million
Volunteers
Volunteering• From the State of the Sector VI survey 86% of respondents indicated that
they currently involve volunteers • Total number of volunteers reported 45,106• 19% of volunteers play a role in the governance of their organisation• Most volunteers are found in the category ‘young people’, accounting for
just over 20% of total volunteers, followed by ‘health and wellbeing’ and ‘sport/recreation’, between them accounting for 23%
• Over the next 12 months 46% of respondents indicated that they intend to increase the numbers of volunteers in their organisation
• Two reports on volunteering produced by Volunteer Now in 2010 and 2011 in total covered 189,362 volunteers with the majority of volunteers found in the voluntary and community sector
The most popular types of volunteering opportunities
• Governance (59%)• Fundraising (58%) • Administration/office work (56%) • Working with young people (41%) • Event management (40%)
Source: Mapping Volunteering in Northern Ireland: Phase 2 (Volunteer Now)
Volunteers by organisation main sub category
Sub sector Mean TotalYoung people 141 9,442Health and wellbeing 69 5,819Sport/recreation 291 4,372Education/training 58 3,912Disability 53 3,695Community development 19 3,020Children and families 21 2,879Arts/voluntary and community sector 24 1,637Older people 22 1,510‘Other’ 33 1,450Advice services 31 1,337Volunteer development 115 1,034Community relations 27 1,012Remaining sub-categories - 3,907Total 45,026
Charitable Giving
Charitable Giving (excluding places of worship)
2010 2008 2005Mean £25.35 £14.22 £12.76Proportion giving to charity
83% 83.8% 93.8%
Popular causes
Arts
Education/schools
Emergency services
Human rights
War veterans
Older people
Sports and recreation
Conservation, environment & heritage
Animal welfare
Disabled
Homeless, housing & refuge
Hospitals and hospices
Other/didn't notice
Disaster relief
Health
Medical research
Children and young people
Religious organisations
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
0.1
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
5
6
6
9
6
11
28
34
22
38
0.01
0.02
0.5
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
1.1
1.4
1.8
2
5.4
6.1
10.3
13.7
14
14.4
26.1
% Share of all total yield
% Of donor popula-tion supporting cause
Charitable Giving - Impact of the recession• Follow-up survey in October 2011• 66% of respondents had given money to charity
in some way over the last four weeks• A drop from 83% in the main Individual Giving
survey• Average donation per donor has dropped
significantly from a mean of £34.46 to £26.94• Median donation reduced from £16.75 to £8.00
Main areas of work
Primary sub-sectors of organisations (%)
Women
Community relations
Other
Advice services
Young people
Arts (vol / com sector)
Older people
Disability
Education / training
Health and wellbeing
Children and families
Community development
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
3.5
3.7
4.3
4.6
6
6.2
6.4
6.7
7.2
8.4
14.4
14.8
Five main beneficiary groups for voluntary and community organisations in Northern Ireland
10.8%
9.9%8.8%
8.4%
7.9%
Preschool (0-5 year olds)
General public
Children (5-13 year olds)
Older people
Vol. & community sector
Viewfinder 13 (November 2012)In October 2012 the Viewfinder 13 questionnaire was made available online to 906 NICVA member organisations. In total 198 organisations responded, generating a response rate of 22%.
• The economic environment continues to impact heavily on member organisations, with 41% reporting that their financial situation has worsened over the past12 months
• 57% of responding organisations have been affected by the public sector funding cuts (down 10%).
• For almost a fifth of responding organisations (19%) there has been some reduction in staff numbers; 21% have increased staff numbers.
• 41% of member organisations have increased their expenditure; 31% decreased• 56% of organisations have increased their services over the last 12 months.• For 56% of organisations, grants make up over 60% of all income, and for over a
quarter of respondent organisations (24%) grants make up between 90% and 100% of overall income.
• 44% of respondents stated that they receive some level of funding from Government, 38% funding from charitable trusts and 28% from the general public.
Update of the forecast section
Funding sources (base 198)
Investments
Legacies
Business
Educations and Library Boards
European funding
Membership fees
Big Lottery
Other
General public
Health Board / Trusts
Councils
Charitable Trusts
Government departments
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%
2%
6%
8%
9%
14%
18%
24%
25%
28%
33%
34%
38%
44%
Level of Cuts
1-10%
11-20%
21-30%
31-40%
41-50%
51-60%
91-100%
Don't know / not sure
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
47%
24%
6%
6%
5%
6%
2%
5%
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