Third sector definition

Third sector means non-governmental organisations that are driven by value and which mainly reinvest any profit to further social, environmental or cultural aims. The sector includes voluntary and community organisations, charities, social enterprises, faith groups, housing associations and co-operatives and mutuals.

Third sector means charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises.

Third sector means voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations.

Examples of Third sector in a sentence

• Total procurement spend with Third sector bodies during the period covered by the report.

• Public limited company Limited company Limited liability partnership Other partnership Sole trader Third sector Other Please specify their trading status.

• Third sector organizations, operating in social services and other public sector services such as health and education, are developing a wider range of solutions to meet social challenges.3 Amongst these third sector organizations, voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs) have attracted particular attention amongst policy makers and researchers.

• Social responsibility – Third sector organisations such as these have strong records in employing a representative mix of the community and are undertaking work to train and even employ service users within their organisations.

• Third sector representatives are periodically asked whether any barriers exist to small/third sector organisations, and any comments are fed into the document reviews.

More Definitions of Third sector

Third sector means organisations which are voluntary and not for profit.

Third sector means the group of organisations that make up civil society, including those that define themselves as charities, voluntary organisations, social enterprises or community groups;

Third sector has the meaning set forth in Section 1.01.

Third sector means charities, voluntary, community and faith organisations, and social enterprises.

Third sector means Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc., a Massachusetts nonprofit corporation.

Third sector means voluntary and community organisations, charities and other forms of social enterprise for public and community benefit whose constitutions prohibit the distribution of surplus funds.)

Third sector in this circular means those self-governing organisations which are independent of the state and benefit to some extent from voluntary assistance.