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So you think you know the Voluntary Sector?

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Think again

• VCS nationally is worth £11.7 billion to the UK in Gross Value Added.

• That’s larger than the value of the UK’s agriculture industry, which is £8.3billion

• Nationally 765,000 people work in the VCS

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What about Bristol?

The VCS in Bristol

• About 1,400 VCS organisations in Bristol

• Of which:57% have paid staff43% run entirely by volunteers42% have an income of under £30,000

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How are they funded?

• The VCS, as a whole is funded, very roughly:

1/3 Income from services

1/3 Income from grant making trusts/donations

1/3 Income from local, central Gov’t, including the NHS.

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What does the Bristol VCS do?

What does the VCS do? Everything!

Supporting people to improve their quality of life• Sociability; bring people together• Supporting physical and mental ill health• Filling the gaps; e.g. drugs and alcohol,

supporting sexual abuse survivors,

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What does the Bristol VCS do?

What does the VCS do? Examples

• Food banks and healthy lifestyles• Children and Young People• Crime and the impact of crime

• Cradle to Grave - Mothers to Mothers - St Peter’s Hospice

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How to find out more

How to contact the VCS:

1. Local community and health and wellbeing centres

2. Voscur - Health and Social Care Network - Sue Brazendale, Sue@voscur. org3. The Care Forum -Health and Social Care

Network,Caroline McAleese, CarolineMcaleese@thecareforum.org.uk