Welcome to this survey helping us find out about ways to improve investment and funding for the youth sector. Social enterprises, charities and community organisations need to be able to access finance and investment to deliver and grow their services.
In 2011 we conducted a survey of youth sector organisations to understand the potential scope for social investment to support organisations in the youth sector.
Social investment is the provision of finance to achieve a social and financial return. This definition excludes grants (since no money is expected back), but includes Social Impact Bonds (which incorporate payments for social outcomes).
This survey will revisit the questions we asked in 2011 to understand how the financial landscape has changed over the last two years.
The survey is designed to be completed by managers who have responsibility for finances within youth sector organisations. The survey will take less than 10 minutes to complete.
The survey is completely confidential. However, if you are happy to be contacted to discuss some of the themes in more detail, please indicate when prompted in the survey.
This survey is being carried out by the Young Foundation. We are working with NCVYS, and partners the National Youth Agency and the Social Enterprise Coalition as part of Catalyst: a consortium of four organisations working with the Department for Education (DfE) as the strategic partner for young people.
A key objective for Catalyst is to strengthen the youth sector market. This research will help contribute to this objective by helping us understand your experience and perspective, as part of the youth sector.
Many thanks for your time.