Learning outcomes

By completing this section and the associated quiz, you will:

  • understand where some voluntary organisations have come from, and who they might register with and report to, if required

  • know more about the type and number of voluntary organisations in the UK and their staff and volunteers

  • have an awareness of what drives voluntary organisations and of the environment that they are working in.

1.  Defining and exploring the voluntary sector

1.1 Structure and regulation in the voluntary sector