Sector Big Picture

Agenda - Reforming Public Services - 7 July 2011

Anthony Lindsay — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:54:06 +0000

What is Next?

Anthony Lindsay — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:21:44 +0000

As members of The Wheel will be aware, we welcomed the recent announcement of the commencement of a Structured Dialogue process between Government and the Community and Voluntary Pillar and we have

General Election Forum 21 February

Anthony Lindsay — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:52:37 +0000

General Election Forum 2011

[excerpt]On 21, February The Wheel held the second of its General Election Forums in the Royal College of Physicians, on Kildare Street.

Priorities for a New Government

Anthony Lindsay — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:35:27 +0000

Our charities and voluntary community groups are more important than ever

PRIORITIES FOR INCLUSION IN PARTY MANIFESTOS FOR GENERAL ELECTION 2011

Support for the Young is Key to Recovery

paulmeade — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:22:51 +0000

Orlaith McBride, President of The National Youth Council of Ireland, had a commentary piece published today, which argued that the key to recovery is to support young people, so that they in turn c

Fintan O'Toole Takes the Budget to Task

paulmeade — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:03:05 +0000

Fintan O'Toole's article in todays Irish Times nails the nonsense that cuts in social investment represent a good way to save money in the long term.

Blind and Deaf Groups Condemn 'Savage' Budget

paulmeade — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:10:31 +0000

Thousands of blind and deaf people are facing a serious cut in their pay, allowances and pensions due to Budget 2011.

Budget Effects On the Most Vulnerable Highlighted

paulmeade — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:00:39 +0000

The Irish Times reports on some of the criticisms that charities are continuingin to make about the Budget.

Children Scavenging in Bins for Food, Warns SVP

paulmeade — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:12:26 +0000

It might seem incredible to believe such giant leaps backwards could be made by a country that seemed - at least in some quarters - to be flying so high in recent years, but today the Iris

Essential Reading: The Wheel's Analysis of Budgetary Impact on CV Sector

paulmeade — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:02:24 +0000

The Wheel has been crunching the numbers and has now issued its in-depth analysis of how Budget 2011 will effect the Irish community and voluntary sector.

Children Left Out in the Cold by Budget

paulmeade — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:34:26 +0000

Reacting to the cuts in social welfare, child benefit, education, health and related budgets, The Children’s Rights Alliance has said that the budget will have a "massive cumulative impact on

Homeless Will Feel Pain of ‘Savage’ Cuts

paulmeade — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:25:46 +0000

The title of the article (link below) says it all really...

Overseas Aid Cut Yet Again

paulmeade — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:13:56 +0000

After enduring funding cuts in recent budgets, overseas aid has been targeted for further cuts in Budget 2011.

The Wheel Responds to the Four Year Plan

paulmeade — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:01:49 +0000

Initial reaction and analysis from The Wheel on the Government’s Four Year recovery plan.

In-depth Budget Critique from Social Justice Ireland

paulmeade — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:57:37 +0000

Social Justice Ireland have produced an impressively detailed Budget 2011 critique and analysis document that dissects the impact the cuts will have upon key social areas, including social welfare,

Funding Cuts to Sports and Culture Highlighted

paulmeade — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:48:01 +0000

The following article in the Irish Times outlines the various funding cuts that are due to be imposed upon the culture, tourism and sports sectors respectively.

Petition to Oppose Cut to Minimum Wage

paulmeade — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:18:03 +0000

Claiming Our Future, the campaign for an equal, sustainable and thriving Ireland, have launched an emergency petition to oppose the cut to the minimum wage.

Charities Bite Back Against Budget Cuts

paulmeade — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:42:39 +0000

Campaigners and charities are united in their opposition to the drastic cuts contained in Budget 2011.

Claiming Our Future Letter to The Independent

paulmeade — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:55:17 +0000

This letter from the Claiming Our Future campaign, published in todays Independent, is well worth a read, touching as it does on an alternative strategy for dealing with the current crisis.

The Wheel On RTE Nine O'Clock News Last Night

paulmeade — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:36:25 +0000

Check out the following report from last nights RTE Nine O'Clock News, which discussed The Wheel's recent survey findings on the state of Irish charity funding and featured a brief interview with T

The Wheel on RTE Radio

paulmeade — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:32:32 +0000

Check out this podcast of Deirdre Garvey, CEO of The Wheel, being interviewed on this evening on RTE's Drivetime show about the impact that Budget 2011 (and the recession in general) is going to ha

Charity Volunteers Offered Counselling

paulmeade — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:46:21 +0000

The Independent has today published an article that provides a chilling warning of what the Irish community and voluntary sector may be facing (further) into following tomorrows budget.

Read Pre-Budget Submissions from Charities

paulmeade — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:21:09 +0000

The Budget 2011 section of the Irish Times website has a very useful collection of pre-budget 'Submissions' from Irish charities (as well as private business organisations).

A Pre-Budget 2011 Submission from The Wheel - November 2010

Anthony Lindsay — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:20:04 +0000

If we are to protect vulnerable people in Budget 2011 then we must sustain the upon which vulnerable people community and voluntary organisations depend.

Responding to Ireland's social and economic crisis in Budget 2011

A pre-budget submission from The Wheel - 9 November 2010

Government has said that everything must be on the table w

Support infrastructure for Charities and Social Enterprises

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:33:46 +0000

There is a need for an independent support infrastructure for charities and social enterprises.

The community and voluntary sector requires an infrastructure-of-support to provide training, advice, information, mentoring and support-services that address needs in the areas of:

National Policy on Volunteering

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:02:57 +0000

In short, we need a volunteer management capacity building programme.

While much progress has been made in recent years in providing a national infrastructure to support volunteering (there are currently 22 volunteer centres in Ireland), there is a greater need than

What's Out There?

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:02:55 +0000

There are lots of community and vountary organistions out there that work to support other organisations to get get their work done. We in The Wheel call these organsiations Commu

About the Community and Voluntary Sector

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:02:55 +0000

The community and voluntary sector clearly makes a big contribution to sustaining what is often referred to as ‘civil society’ in Ireland.

With two-thirds of Irish adults (that’s over two million people) engaging annually in the social, cultural and humanitarian activities offered by our 19,000 community and voluntary organisations, i

Facts and Statistics About the Irish Community and Voluntary Sector

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:02:55 +0000

More than half of the organisations in existence today have been formed since 1986...

Governance and Company Profile

1. 59,600 directors serve on the boards of Irish nonprofit companies. Board membership in the sector is almost invariably unpaid.

Social Partnership

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:02:55 +0000

new potential mechanism proposed for dialogue between sector and state

The Wheel is a member of the Community and Voluntary Pillar of the national Social Partnership process, and was centrally involved in negotiating the current national agreement, Towards 2016.

The Towards 2016 Agreement

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:02:55 +0000

The Government accepts that additional supports will be required for charities to meet their obligations in the new regulatory environment...

The Towards 2016 Agreement and the development of the community and voluntary sector

A New Framework for Partnership

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:02:55 +0000

“Productive relationships would be characterised by a coherent policy framework for the development of community and voluntary organisations”.

We need a new framework for partnership working between the sector and government.

What we need

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:02:55 +0000

The Wheel believes that community and voluntary organisations will require independent advice and guidance...

The community and voluntary sector requires an infrastructure-of-support to provide training, advice, information, mentoring and support-services that address needs in the areas of:

board development, governance, and leadership
strategy development
general management: human resources, operations, financial and accounting, information and communications technologies, and other management areas
regulation
fundraising and funding.

The infrastructure-of-support should also provide:

The Need for a National Plan