Funding announced for new third sector apprenticeships

Skills – Third Sector has announced that new advanced apprenticeships in campaigning, fundraising and volunteer management have been approved by the National Apprenticeships Service for funding by the Skills Funding Agency.

This means that third sector employers can now get help towards the training costs of apprenticeships in these professions.

Keith Mogford, chief executive of Skills – Third Sector, sais: “This news represents the culmination of a lot of hard work on the part of Skills – Third Sector and partners in the sector. I hope that the new apprenticeship frameworks are sought out by employers, as they should be.”

News of funding for these new advanced apprenticeships comes in the run-up to an event looking at how third sector organisations can access funding and apprenticeships through the Youth Contract 2012.

Aimed at third sector employers, this event will be held in central London on 8 February as part of Apprenticeships Week (6-10 February) and will include contributions from minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd MP, and Simon Waugh, executive chair of the National Apprenticeship Service.

The event has been jointly organised by Skills –Third Sector, Fair Train and London Learning Consortium to fund, recruit and train apprentices.

Skills – Third Sector is the registered charity working to make it easier for people who work and volunteer in charities and social enterprises to have the right skills to make a difference to people and their communities.

Working with the sector throughout the process, it has developed these new apprenticeships to serve the needs of charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises.

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