Support for leadership and management training

Third sector organisations are to get access to an extended leadership and management programme through Train to Gain, the government's flagship skills service. Funding rules will be relaxed from January, enabling support such as stand-alone accredited training modules and part-qualifications in essential areas such as business systems, communications, sales and marketing, information technology, customer service, finance and credit, risk management. Office of Third Sector news item.

Third Sector magazine also states that the Learning and Skills Council has awarded £100,000 to Acevo to conduct research on third sector leadership skills gaps and the uptake of Train to Gain among charities. Acevo has established a task force consisting of the LSC, government and voluntary sector representatives to oversee the research and report in the spring. http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/News/866253/ (registration required).