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IN PEOPLE WEBSITE TO AID SCOTTISH CHARITIES |
19/08/03 |
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A new web tool which aims to help improve business performance using the
Investors in People (IIP) framework has been launched in partnership with
the SCVO.
Working with Scottish Enterprise (SE) Edinburgh and Lothian, the resource
is to provide a high quality online IIP resource, and will hopefully increase
access to IIP in the voluntary sector.
SE Edinburgh and Lothian says it hopes to see ten first-time recognitions
in the voluntary sector within the first year, rising to 50 recognitions
by year three of the online tool.
Over the last five years there has been a significant increase in the number
of voluntary organisations gaining IIP accreditation, resulting in a demand
for a resource which is specifically geared to helping the voluntary sector.
Recent evidence suggests very few organisations take a strategic approach
to training in the UK. While 60% have business plans, only 39% have training
plans.
Celia Carson, SCVO’s learning team manager, said: “A recent survey of the
skills needs of the voluntary sector across the UK, showed that participation
by the voluntary sector in Investors in People has doubled since the last
survey done in 2000.
"In Scotland, our work with individual local enterprise companies using
The Big Picture as a support tool for achieving IIP has seen very encouraging
results. An estimated 50 organisations committed to IIP and 25 gained the
standard across Scotland during 2002.
"The survey shows there is a growing awareness in the sector of the need
to address organisational and individual effectiveness."
www.puttingpeopleinthepicture.org.uk
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