QUESTIONNAIRE FOR NORTH WEST VCS LEARNING, SKILLS & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SURVEY

NOTE TO THOSE WHO RECEIVE THIS QUESTIONNAIRE:

It would be very helpful if you make it clear who the contact person for the questionnaire is so that we can follow up requests for information or clarification. Also, we may want to arrange visits to discuss aspects of your engagement with the Workforce Development initiative and if you are willing for that to happen please could you tick the box:□

If you are willing for the information contained here to be shared across the sectorand with key partners such as LSC, NWDA and SSDAplease could you tick this box □

If you are willing for the information to go on the VSNW website and/or the UK Workforce Hub website please could you tick the box□

Please return this questionnaire by Wednesday 9 May 2007to:

John Diamond

Centre for Local Policy Studies

EdgeHillUniversity

St Helens Road

Ormskirk

Lancashire

L39 4QP

Or by email to:

Phone 01695 584765

CONTACT DETAILS & ORGANISATIONAL BACKGROUND:

1Name of organisation: …………………………………………………………...

………………………………………………………………………………………

2Legal status of organisation

(tick all that apply)

Company Limited by Guarantee□

Industrial & Provident Society□

Community Interest Company□

Registered Charity□

Unincorporated Association (with Constitution)□

Unincorporated Association (without Constitution)□

Other (Please State)

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3Address of organisation:

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4Name of contact: …………………………………………………………………

5Telephone number and email address: …………………………………..……

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6Number of staff employed: ...... FT...... PT

7Number of volunteers......

8Number of trustees and/or Members of Management Committee:......

9Annual Operating Budget:......

LEARNING & SKILLS WITHIN YOUR ORGANISATION

10Do you have an organisational Learning and Development Plan or similar strategic document? YES/NO

11Do you have a budget for Internal Organisational Learning and WorkforceDevelopment? YES/NO

If YES: What is the budget …….………………………………………………

12Management of HR functions:Please indicate whether this is delivered by

an individual/in house

by head office

externally contracted out

or through a local consortia/partnership ......

13Does yourorganisation have external accreditation such as:

Matrix (Internal)YES/NO

Matrix (External)YES/NO

IIP YES/NO

IIV YES/NO

PQASSOYES/NO

ISO9002YES/NO

Charter MarkYES/NO

Other (please specify)…………………………………………………………

14Is the delivery of learning, skills improvement and/or workforce development currently a key activity of your organisation? YES/NO

If YES:Approximately what % of your annual budget/turnover is related to the delivery of these learning & skills services? …………..%

15Please tell us about your current staffing levels in terms of actual delivery of learning, skills & workforce development activity

Full-time
(35 hr
equivalent) / Part-time
(20 hr equivalent) / Volunteers
(5 hr equivalent) / Do you use Training Consultants? If yes, state the total hours per annum
Staff Numbers

16Which teaching/skills training qualification(s) do your staff have? E.g. PGCE, Cert Ed, NVQ Training and delivery, A1 – V1 Awards

Please list per member of staff:

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17Have you used any National Occupational Standards (NOS) in your work?

YES/NO

IF YES: Please list individually the ones you have used and why?

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18Do you currently use any form of e-learning? YES/NO

If YES:Please tell us about this briefly:

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19Do you use any of the following learning delivery methods?

Short (Day or less) Unaccredited CoursesYES/NO

Short (Day or less) Accredited CoursesYES/NO

Long (At least 2 days) Unaccredited CoursesYES/NO

Long (At least 2 days) Accredited CoursesYES/NO

Coaching/MentoringYES/NO

Action Learning SetsYES/NO

Distance LearningYES/NO

WorkbooksYES/NO

Other (please state) ……………………………………………………………...

20Please list all the projects/programmes/courses your organisation is responsible for. It would be helpful, at this stage to know how many participants per course; what the funding was; and if you could provide this information for the following years: 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07 that would be helpful too

Year / Course / No. of
participants / Funding Source
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07

21Have you heard of, or had any contact with, any of the Sector Skills Councils? YES/NO

If YES: Which one(s)? Please state: …………………………………………..

………………………………………………………………………………………

If YES: What was the nature of the contact? ………………………………….

………………………………………………………………………………………

(e.g. on mailing list, have attended events, on steering group, etc)

22Are you aware of any of the following networks?

Cumbria Learning LinksYES/NO

Greater Manchester Voluntary Sector Learning ConsortiumYES/NO

Lancashire Learning ConsortiumYES/NO

Learning Together CheshireWarringtonYES/NO

Greater Merseyside VCS Learning ConsortiumYES/NO

Voluntary Sector North WestYES/NO

North West VCS Learning & Skills NetworkYES/NO

UK Workforce HubYES/NO

VCS National Learning AllianceYES/NO

23Would you like to join the mailing list of/or receive more details of any of the following networks? By ticking yes you are agreeing to your contact details being passed on to the respective organisation(s)

Cumbria Learning LinksYES/NO

Greater Manchester Voluntary Sector Learning ConsortiumYES/NO

Lancashire Learning ConsortiumYES/NO

Learning Together CheshireWarringtonYES/NO

Greater Merseyside VCS Learning ConsortiumYES/NO

Voluntary Sector North WestYES/NO

North West VCS Learning & Skills NetworkYES/NO

UK Workforce HubYES/NO

VCS National Learning AllianceYES/NO

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire.

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