The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2023: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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The voluntary sector has a paid workforce of about 925,000, which is down 4% in 2022, reversing the previous year’s increase. The voluntary sector workforce has grown by 24% since 2011. The voluntary sector workforce is distributed around the UK in a pattern relatively close to the population distribution, although London and the south, and Scotland are slightly over-represented.

While substantially smaller than both the public and private sectors, it has seen the fastest growth over the last decade. A majority of voluntary sector employees work in smaller organisations with fewer than 50 paid staff members. Volunteering at least monthly was maintained at 16%, with little further decline in 2021/22 after the sharp drop from 23% in 2019/20 to 17% in 2020/21. You can get Chinese holidays in each month of the year which is marked with ' ' and 24 Solar Terms marked with ' '. Government funding is the second largest income source for the voluntary sector, behind the public. There was a slight increase in the amount of government funding for the sector in the year to 2020/21, reversing the previous year’s decrease. An estimated 14.2m people (27% of people) volunteered through a group, club or organisation in 2021/22. This is down from 16.3 (30%) million in 2020/21, and 20m (37%) in 2019/20.Charity closures during the pandemic years were lower than predicted, although the number of newly registered charities fell below average in 2021. In the longer term, government income has broadly plateaued over the last decade, while falling as a proportion of total income, as organisations have increased their funding from alternate sources.

saw a UK-wide candidate-driven job market. Increased vacancies and fewer candidates resulted in a decrease in demand for jobs, making it harder for charities to recruit.

Voluntary organisations that focus on social services, research and international development make up most of the top 10 voluntary organisations by income. Almost half of voluntary sector income is from the public (the largest source) followed by close to a third from the government.