A quick overview of the Black and Minority Ethnic voluntary and community sector.

1. The national membership organisation championing the voice of the BME voluntary, community and social enterprise sector Voices for Change Who is the Black and Minority Ethnic voluntary and community sector? June 2011

3. Who is the BME voluntary and community sector? The national membership organisation championing the voice of the BME voluntary, community and social enterprise sector Average annual income £150,000 53% income from statutory sources 200 registered charities 49% central government 16% health authority 9% EU 15,300 – 17,460 BME voluntary organisations 26% local government

6. Why is the sector needed? Since inequalities still exist in our society, there is a need for a sector that challenges that and seeks to address it through the services, the campaigning, the voice it puts forward. And I think that if the sector wasn’t there this voice would not be heard anywhere and would be absorbed or diluted by other agendas. From Shared Vision The national membership organisation championing the voice of the BME voluntary, community and social enterprise sector