Surviving or Thriving? Regional Voices

1. Tracking the impact of spending cuts on the Third Sector

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This survey will measure the impact of the spending cuts on the third sector and the jigsaw emerging across the English regions. It is designed to take just a few minutes to do. If you wish to answer this survey anonymously please do so. Feel free to skip a question or give approximate answers.

The third sector includes voluntary and community organisations and groups, charities, social enterprises, mutuals, and co-operatives. You can view all pages in the survey before filling it in. No question is compulsory.

This survey will run from March until June 2012.

You can complete the survey online at www.surveymonkey.com/s/survivingorthriving

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* 1. Please provide your contact details, however should you wish to remain anonymous please leave these fields blank.

Name

Organisation

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 2. Which region(s) do you operate in?

North East

North West

Yorkshire and The Humber

East Midlands

West Midlands

East of England

London

South East

South West

National

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* 3. Enter your approximate income for 2011/12.

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* 4. Enter your approximate current reserves.

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* 5. Number of:

Paid staff

Volunteers

Trustees

Beneficiaries supported

Organisations supported

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* 6. Please tell us where you received your annual funding from based on your last financial year. Please check all relevant boxes.

Public sector contracts

Grants from public sector organisations

Grants from charitable organisations

Charitable donations/fundraising

Endowments and investments

Selling goods/services (i.e. room/venue hire, catering)

Reserves

If your answer is not listed above please specify below:

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* 7. For the last 6 months please assess the impact of the spending cuts on the following areas of your organisation and work.

	Decrease	No change	Increase
Funding/Income	Funding/Income Decrease	Funding/Income No change	Funding/Income Increase
Numbers of beneficiaries	Numbers of beneficiaries Decrease	Numbers of beneficiaries No change	Numbers of beneficiaries Increase
Number of volunteers	Number of volunteers Decrease	Number of volunteers No change	Number of volunteers Increase
Number of paid staff	Number of paid staff Decrease	Number of paid staff No change	Number of paid staff Increase
Demand on your services	Demand on your services Decrease	Demand on your services No change	Demand on your services Increase
Number of services you provide	Number of services you provide Decrease	Number of services you provide No change	Number of services you provide Increase

Other (please specify)

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* 8. In the coming 12 months do you anticipate

	Yes	No	Maybe
Employing additional staff	Employing additional staff Yes	Employing additional staff No	Employing additional staff Maybe
Engaging additional volunteers	Engaging additional volunteers Yes	Engaging additional volunteers No	Engaging additional volunteers Maybe
Making staff redundant	Making staff redundant Yes	Making staff redundant No	Making staff redundant Maybe
Reducing the number of volunteers you utilise	Reducing the number of volunteers you utilise Yes	Reducing the number of volunteers you utilise No	Reducing the number of volunteers you utilise Maybe
Closing services you provide	Closing services you provide Yes	Closing services you provide No	Closing services you provide Maybe
Expanding the number of services you provide	Expanding the number of services you provide Yes	Expanding the number of services you provide No	Expanding the number of services you provide Maybe
Closing the organisation	Closing the organisation Yes	Closing the organisation No	Closing the organisation Maybe
Merging with another organisation	Merging with another organisation Yes	Merging with another organisation No	Merging with another organisation Maybe
Reducing the number and type of beneficiaries you support	Reducing the number and type of beneficiaries you support Yes	Reducing the number and type of beneficiaries you support No	Reducing the number and type of beneficiaries you support Maybe
Increasing the number of and type of beneficiaries you support	Increasing the number of and type of beneficiaries you support Yes	Increasing the number of and type of beneficiaries you support No	Increasing the number of and type of beneficiaries you support Maybe

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* 9. How would you describe the long term future of your organisation?

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* 10. Do you feel that the voluntary sector is able to influence policy at a national, regional and local level?

	Agree	Disagree
National	National Agree	National Disagree
Regional	Regional Agree	Regional Disagree
Local	Local Agree	Local Disagree

Comment

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* 11. What would your key messages be to Local Authorities, Central Government and other funders?

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* 12. Thank you for your help in completing this survey

	Yes	No
Would you be willing to have a brief telephone interview, regarding the answers you have given?	Would you be willing to have a brief telephone interview, regarding the answers you have given? Yes	Would you be willing to have a brief telephone interview, regarding the answers you have given? No
Would you be willing to talk to the media about the answers you have given?	Would you be willing to talk to the media about the answers you have given? Yes	Would you be willing to talk to the media about the answers you have given? No

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* 1. Please provide your contact details, however should you wish to remain anonymous please leave these fields blank.

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* 2. Which region(s) do you operate in?

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* 3. Enter your approximate income for 2011/12.

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* 4. Enter your approximate current reserves.

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* 5. Number of:

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* 6. Please tell us where you received your annual funding from based on your last financial year. Please check all relevant boxes.

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* 7. For the last 6 months please assess the impact of the spending cuts on the following areas of your organisation and work.

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* 8. In the coming 12 months do you anticipate

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* 9. How would you describe the long term future of your organisation?

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* 10. Do you feel that the voluntary sector is able to influence policy at a national, regional and local level?

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* 11. What would your key messages be to Local Authorities, Central Government and other funders?

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* 12. Thank you for your help in completing this survey

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