13 March 2008 Scottish Higher Education Employability Network

Scottish Higher Education Employability Network Meeting

Janice RalstonScottish Council for Voluntary OrganisationsTelephone: 0141 225 8032Email: janice.ralston@scvo.org.uk

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What is the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)?SCVO is a membership and representative

body working with and for charities and voluntary organisations in Scotland Through our policy, development and

communication networks we provide support and services to the sector

Our work is structured around five main themes◊ Promoting Equality◊ Developing Active Communities◊ Growing the social economy◊ Highlighting the rural dimension◊ Building sustainability

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Information about the Third Sector

Also known as voluntary sector, charity sector, social economy, not-for-profit sector

45,000 organisations in ScotlandEmploy around 129,000 peopleWork with 1.2 million volunteersAnnual Income of £3.2 billionManages over £8.6 billion of assetsA diverse sector

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Employability Activities• Employment Initiatives Team

Delivers a range of Employment Programmes New Deal Programme Progress to Work Link-Up Moray New Futures

Provision includes training and work experience placements within voluntary and private sector; accessing specialist support

Relationships developed with Colleges

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Relationships with Universities

• Glasgow Caledonian University Certificate in Management for the Voluntary Sector

AGCAS – awareness raising event for AGCAS members

University Careers Services – presentations at Careers Events

Preliminary soundings with Universities – ICT Graduate Placements in the Voluntary Sector

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Initiatives to Promote Voluntary Sector as a Career Choice

• Shaping Careers and Leaders ProjectInvolved matching graduates to voluntary

organisations to undertake a specific piece of work

• Good Moves into the Social EconomyOnline recruitment site:

www.goodmoves.org.uk

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Next Steps ………….

• Explore with yourselves opportunities for the development of joint areas of activity

• First Step – Establish a Joint Activity Development GroupRemit – identify potential areas of joint

activity and present these, within an agreed timescale, for consideration by the SHEEN group