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==Sub-sectors==
Although the voluntary, community, and not-for-personal-profit sectors are frequently taken to compose the "Third Sector", each of these sectors or sub-sectors have quite different characteristics. The community sector is assumed to comprise volunteers (unpaid) while the voluntary sector is considered to employ staff working for a social or community purpose: "hence the phrase 'voluntary and community sector' (VCS) [is used] to encompass the full range".<ref>VolResource, the original information site for voluntary and community organisations, [https://web.archive.org/web/20170301053237/https://www.volresource.org.uk/moreres/glossary.htm Sector Glossary], updated on 20 May 2013, archived on 1 March 2017, accessed on 28 August 2024</ref> In addition however, the not-for-personal-profit sector is also considered to include [[social firm]]s (such as cooperatives and mutuals) and more recently governmental institutions (such as Housing Associations) that have been ''spun off'' from government, although still operating fundamentally as public service delivery organizations. These other types of institutions may be considered to be quasi-private or quasi-public sectors rather than stemming from direct community benefit motivations. Other sub-divisions within the overall voluntary sector include distinctions as to purpose, such as [[social care]], child care, [[animal welfare]], sport, [[cultural development]] and [[environmental protection]]; organisations with religious roots; organisations which operate on a national basis such as [[Mind (charity)|Mind]] in England and Wales; and organisations with a solely local presence.