People looking to develop their management skills in third sector organisations in Scotland will benefit from a new mentoring programme.
The Scottish government has earmarked funding worth £186,200 for a consortium of firms that will offer mentoring and training schemes to companies working in the country's voluntary sector.
Coaching and learning will also feature in the plans, aimed at assisting the career development of staff and improving their professional skills.
John Swinney, the Scottish finance and sustainable growth secretary, said: "There is a wealth of talented individuals working in Scotland's diverse third sector, which provides valuable services and creates employment opportunities.
"Mentoring will enable third sector professionals to learn from their peers and play a full part in developing a world class sector in Scotland."
In June 2008, the Scottish government announced that it would invest £93 million in the country's third sector in the three years to 2011.
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Well, management skills in the third sector are of course just as vital as the private sector. Simply put - just because the objective of the firm is different, this doesn't mean the management skills that will help achieve it need to differ at all.
Mentoring is great as well. You can learn so much by having someone that's been there and done that guide you through things from their personal experience.
Volunteer Development Scotland (www.vds.org.uk) currently offers an Investors in Volunteers (IiV) award recognising organisations who manage the volunteering experience to ensure both the volunteer; the voluntary or engaging organisation and the recipient of the service being provided have a positive experience.
This includes offering recognised qualifications in managing volunteers.
Mentoring is a really great idea to help all managers whatever the sector they are in.
Hopefully by getting people to volunteer as mentors to 3rd sector manangers they will also get a few more of them drawn in to actually doing volunteer work on top of the mentoring - a double win!