South Bank University Business School has made something of a speciality of the voluntary sector: it also runs highly specialised courses in charity accounting and financial management, charity marketing and fundraising, and charity management.
"Alternative careers can be found in educational, administrative or office-based roles such as teaching and lecturing, social research, human resources management, charity fundraising or within policymaking departments in local or central government.
Of the long list of achievements of Winifred Tumim, who has died suddenly aged 73, the reform of the management of charities and her campaign for the reform of charity law were the two most outstanding.
Jerome Walls, who has worked in finance and resource management at charities including Motability and Anthony Nolan, responded: "I think more large charities should be looking at relocating most of their functions outside London.
In recent years, he focused on investment management and charities.
Derek Leon Elton Todmorden, West Yorkshire Your editorial (6 August) highlighted the key role of trustees in the proper management of charities but that really isn't the critical problem.
"Working in administration or management for charities and other not-for-profit organisations, as well as local and central government, may also appeal, particularly where they have an interest in human rights or other socio-legal issues," Holbrough adds.
The Duke of Burgundy recorded a 26% increase in numbers compared to the previous year, similarly benefitting from areas of farmland under EU environmental stewardship schemes, as well as co-ordinated conservation management by charities including Butterfly Conservation, the National Trust and the Wildlife Trusts.
The site has since become a magnet for asset management firms, charities and lawyers, who use its restricted online platform to fish for well-heeled clients — members' assets have to be professionally verified — and arrange social events or link potential investors to new projects.
The voluntary sector is distinct, with its own unique issues and differences, but the value of investing in leadership and management training within charities hasn't been realised.
