Employment in the voluntary sector has fallen by 5% over the past 12 months according to the latest Labour Force Survey.
The figures for the second quarter of 2011 show that the voluntary sector employs 768,000 people, a fall of around 38,000 employees since the second quarter of 2010. The voluntary sector workforce has now experienced two consecutive quarters of decline following the 'flatline' witnessed towards the end of 2010.