Voluntary sector workforce grew by 10 per cent in the year to September | Third Sector

Voluntary sector workforce grew by 10 per cent in the year to September | Third Sector: Analysis of the Labour Force Survey by the Office for National Statistics reveals there were 793,000 employees in the sector

The number of voluntary sector workers rose by almost 10 per cent in the year to the end of September, according to figures released today.

The figures are based on an analysis carried out by Skills – Third Sector, the Third Sector Research Centre and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations of the Labour Force Survey, a UK-wide study of private households repeated every quarter by the Office for National Statistics.