# New online learning resource for charity workers

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/02/14/new-online-learning-resource-charity-workers/
- Published: 2008-02-14T12:49:20+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**An online learning network is to be established to help address “the intractable
learning deficit” in the voluntary and community centre. The service will be designed
specifically for charity sector workers and volunteers and will concentrate on informal
learning.**

With funding from the Big Lottery Fund, the City Centre for Charity Effectiveness
Trust will oversee the three-year project, which will be implemented by Cass Business
School’s Centre for Charity Effectiveness (Cass CCE) headed by its Director, Professor
Ian Bruce.

There is little doubt that the charity sector faces skills shortages. The sector
as a whole spends as little as 1% of its wage bill on training and developing talent
which compares with 3% in the commercial and public sectors.

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The new service will target in particular small community groups, 90% of which now
have broadband access, which work on small budgets, with hard to reach members/clients.
Most services will be free.

The e-Learning service is expected to have three ‘Zones’ covering information, problem
solving and study. It will offer a wide range of online learning tools and services
including discussion groups, peer question/answer sessions, expert clinics, courses,
lectures, and blogs, forums, webinars and wikis.

www.cass.city.ac.uk

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