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This paper addresses the question of the type of training required within the voluntary sector in the UK today and the extent to which this need is currently being met. It will begin by outlining the key challenges facing the contemporary UK voluntary sector. It will then review the existing literature on training needs in the voluntary sector, and report the findings of the research carried out by the author and his colleagues into training needs and provision within the sector. It will conclude by considering how training to meet the needs of the sector might best be facilitated in the future.
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Osborne, S.P. (1996). What Kind of Training does the Voluntary Sector Need?. In: Billis, D., Harris, M. (eds) Voluntary Agencies. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24485-0_13
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