Leadership and the voluntary and community sector

The UK has seen a significant increase in the voluntary and community sector over the past thirty years. Since 1997 there has been an increase in the direct funding of ‘leadership’ initiatives for the voluntary and community sector (VCS) across the UK (Balloch and Taylor, 2001; Birch and Whittam, 2008; Craig and Taylor, 2002; Diamond, 2008; Purdue, 2007).