Empowering East London

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Empowering East London

• An overview of the VCS in East London
• Karl Wilding,
• Head of Research, NCVO

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Today

• Some context
• An overview of our findings
• Thoughts for discussion

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Some general context

• Public trust in voluntary organisations is still
  high
• But public participation is falling
• Public services are integral to Labours vision
• and so is the VCS

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• History shows that the most successful societies
  are those that harness the energies of voluntary
  action, giving due recognition to the third
  sector of voluntary and community organisations
• Tony Blair 1999

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A large and rapidly growing UK sector

• 153,000 charities500,000 VCOs
• Income of 20.8 billion
• Total assets of 70.1 billion
• 569,000 paid staff

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The sector is changing

• Larger, more visible
• So, whats the case in East London?

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The changing VCS landscape
Report Section 6
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The sector is large and diverse

• Approximately 3,500 VCOs
• Diverse size, activities, area of benefit
• Children/Young people a main beneficiary

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Who benefits?
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Most are local
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Incoming resources
Report Section 1
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Income the numbers

• 585 million income
• An increase of 20m in 1 year
• Average income is 167,000

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Many VCOs are small struggling
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Income is volatile
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Government is a major source
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The importance of being earners
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Expenditure
Report Section 2
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Expenditure the numbers

• 551 million current expenditure
• 44 million capital expenditure
• Small organisations income less than expenditure

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What is it spent on?
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Assets
Report Section 3
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Assets the numbers

• 728 million assets
• 586 million net funds
• 30 are fixed assets (buildings, equipment)
• Smallest organisations 92 of assets are cash

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Assets liabilities
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Working in the Voluntary Sector
Report Section 4
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Paid workforce the numbers

• 15 of VCOs are employers this is rising
• 14,350 paid staff (FTEs)
• 49 of expenditure is on staff costs

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Total staff numbers (000s)
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Active citizenship
Report Section 5
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Active citizenship the numbers

• 174, 000 regular formal volunteers
• Equivalent to 14,500 paid staff (FTEs)
• Worth 277 million

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Proportion of active citizens
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Thoughts for discussion
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Thoughts for discussion

• VCOs lever cash resources into East London
• They add value by what they do, and how they do
  it
• Informal resources are significant

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Celebrate success

• VCOs lever cash resources into East London
• They add value by what they do, and how they do
  it
• Informal resources are significant
• VCOs are a route to employment and participation

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Address barriers

• Winners exist alongside losers
• Funding is a difficult and complex game
• Short-termism is rife
• Front line services need infrastructure