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Dunne, Mary (2008) Sector skills: training for the non-profit sector. Drugnet Ireland, Issue 25, Spring 2008, p. 25.

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The Wheel is a support and representative body connecting community and voluntary organisations across Ireland. In 2004, the organisation initiated research into the training needs of this sector. This culminated in the development of a three-tiered pilot programme, called Sector Skills, designed to address priority training needs:

• Training Links – a training networking programme designed to provide an organisation-led approach to training and development in the non-profit sector, and to promote and support the development of training networks.
• Stronger Leaders – a leadership development programme, tailored for leaders of non-profit, community and voluntary organisations.
• Learningpoint.ie – a training opportunities website providing a single source of accurate, up-to-date information about training opportunities throughout the community and voluntary sector in Ireland.
 
The pilot phase for the Sector Skills initiative, which was part-funded by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment,1 ran from August 2005 to July 2007. An evaluation report of this phase was launched by Minister Billy Kelleher in December 2007.2
 
Deirdre Garvey, CEO of The Wheel, congratulated everyone who took part in the programme. She also welcomed the positive feedback from the evaluators; who examined all aspects of the programme, identified strengths and weaknesses, and made recommendations for the future.
 
1. The National Training Fund provided 80% of the costs and The Wheel sourced the remaining 20%. The Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs funded 10% of the costs of the www.learningpoint.ie  website .
2. Coughlan C and Corrigan Matthews B (2007) Sector skills programme: final evaluation report. Dublin: The Wheel.

 

Item Type
Article
Publication Type
Irish-related, Open Access, Article
Drug Type
All substances
Intervention Type
Education and training
Issue Title
Issue 25, Spring 2008
Date
2008
Page Range
p. 25
Publisher
Health Research Board
Volume
Issue 25, Spring 2008
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