Welcome to our Jargon Buster for Voluntary Sector and learning acronyms.
A- Academic Year
- 1 August to 31 July
- ACEVO
- Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations
- ACF
- Association of Charitable Foundations
- ACL
- Adult and Community Learning
- AGM
- Annual General Meeting
- ALI
- Adult Learning Inspectorate
- ALW
- Adult Learners Week
TopB- BME
- Black and Minority Ethnic
- BSL
- British Sign Language
TopC- CAB
- Citizens Advice Bureau
- CAF
- Charities Aid Foundation
- CDF
- Community Development Foundation
- CES
- Charities Evaluation Services
- CIB
- Charities Information Bureau
- CIF
- Common Inspection Framework
- Consortia
- Group of groups
- CTN
- Charity Trustees Network
- CVS
- Council for Voluntary Service
TopD- DACS
- Department of Adult and Community Services (Formerly Social Services)
- DDA
- Disability Discrimination Act
- DfEE
- Department for Education & Employment.
- DSC
- Directory of Social Change
TopE- E2E
- Entry to Employment
- ESF
- European Social Fund
- ETP
- Employer Training Pilot
TopF- FAWN
- Funding Advice Workers Network
- FCAS
- Federation of Charity Advice Services
- FE
- Further Education
TopG- GOSW
- Government Office South West
TopI- IAG
- Information, Advice and Guidance
- IIP
- Investors in People
- ILR
- Individual Learner Record
- ISP
- Internet Service Provider
TopL- LCN
- Learning Curve Network
- Learning Consortium
- group of (Voluntary and community) organisations working together to promote, support and deliver training and learning
- LSC
- Learning & Skills Council
- LSP
- Local Strategic Partnership
TopM- MIS
- Management Information Systems
- MV
- Millennium Volunteers
TopN- NACVS
- National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service
- NCVO
- National Council of Voluntary Organisations
- NDC
- National Disability Council
- NIACE
- National Institution of Adult Continuing Education.
- NLDC
- Neighbourhood Learning for Deprived Communities
- NVQ
- National Vocational Qualification
TopR- RDA
- Regional Development Agency
- REC
- Racial Equality Council
- RNI
- Rural Needs Initiative
- RNIB
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
- RNID
- Royal National Institute for Deaf People
TopS- SAR
- Self Assessment Report
- SE
- Social Enterprise
- SfL
- Skills for Life
- SME
- Small to Medium size Enterprise
- StAR
- Strategic Area Review
- STL
- Steps to Learning
TopT- TNA
- Training Needs Analysis
TopU- Ufi
- University for industry
TopV- VCS
- Voluntary and Community Sector
- VSNTO
- Voluntary Sector National Training Organisation
TopW- WEA
- Workers Educational Association
- WSLLP
- Wiltshire and Swindon Lifelong Learning Partnership
- WSUN
- Wiltshire & Swindon Users’ Network
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