State of the Sector III

State of the Sector III takes the notion of resources as its theme - fiscal, human and social - and examines the sector's relationship with government, funders and the general public. The publication represents the first significant research to be produced on the sector since devolution. 

Key findings include:

• There are between 4,500 and 5,000 voluntary organisations in Northern Ireland
• 15.4% of these organisations are controlled from outside Northern Ireland, showing that Northern Ireland has a largely self-sustaining voluntary and community sector
• The gross income for the voluntary and community sector in the financial year 2000/01 was £657.1 million
• The general public donated an estimated £146.9 million to the voluntary and community sector in 2000/01
• The average donation was £12.17 per month per pers on. 55% of the sector's overall income is accounted for by 7% of organisations
• The voluntary and community sector paid workforce numbered 29,168 in 2001, accounting for 4.5% of the Northern Ireland workforce. Of this 72.4% were female
• The voluntary and community sector employs more than agriculture 14,620, transport 26,800, the financial sector 15,910 and local government 10,351
• There are a total of 72,908 formal volunteers actively engaged in the voluntary and community sector
• Total assets of the voluntary and community sector were worth £750.28 million in 2000/01, with liabilities of £207.02 million
• Total current expenditure of the voluntary and community sector was £640.8 million in 2000/01.