By investing in solid research, The Wheel boosts the sector’s voice, influences national skills policy, and helps create a more confident and capable workforce ready for the future.
This research gives The Wheel the evidence it needs to spot workforce gaps and opportunities in Ireland’s community, voluntary, and social enterprise sector. It ensures that training, funding, and policy decisions are based on real experiences and data from those actively working in the field.
By investing in solid research, The Wheel boosts the sector’s voice, influences national skill s policy, and helps create a more confident and capable workforce ready for the future.
Sector Skills Needs Assessment
Review current research and relevant skills policies
Conduct a national survey and focus groups on sector needs
Create a data repository of skills and workforce development research relevant to the sector
Sector Skills Resilience Scoping
Mixed methods research informed by Strand 1 on Future Proofing Sector Skills to uncover attitudes and qualities needed for workers to flourish in ever-changing sector and society.
Collaborative research focused on identifying and responding to skills gaps in the context of the Green, Digital, and Social Cohesion challenges.
Communicating Impact as a Sector of Communities
Stakeholder consultation on a Sector Skills Impact Framework
Exploratory collaborative research on what matters most to sector practitioners now and into the future drawn from Strand 1 and 2 findings, to inform impact management of The Wheel’s Sector Skills programme.
Cocreation and adoption of sector-informed upskilling outputs and outcomes with realistic measurement tools.
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