Third Sector

What is the Third Sector?

What is the third sector?
The third sector is a diverse, active and passionate sector. Organisations in the sector share common characteristics:

non-governmental
value-driven
principally reinvest any financial surpluses to further social, environmental or cultural objectives.
The term encompasses voluntary and community organisations, charities, social enterprises, cooperatives and mutuals both large and small.

Office of the Third Sector


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