The Progress scheme, funded by the Children's Workforce DevelopmentCouncil (CWDC), was scheduled to launch in May but was delayed becauseof the election.
Training programmes will now launch next month and be managed by TheNational Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS), in partnershipwith further education body George Williams College and the YMCA.
The scheme is offering 25,000 training places for staff and volunteersand will help organisations continue with training and developmentbeyond March 2011, when the project will end.
NCVYS chief executive Susanne Rauprich said: "Such an investment helpsthe sector step up to the challenges presented by the government's bigsociety agenda, but also gives our staff and volunteers a great trainingbase from which to progress to other skills and qualifications".
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