Cumbria Social Enterprise Support Survey

We are contacting you as a representative of a Cumbrian Social Enterprise to ask for your views on the support available in the county to organisations like yours. As a number of support programmes come to an end, we feel it is important to evaluate how useful these have been and what you would like in the future.

Your feedback and views will help to influence decisions on future support for social enterprises in Cumbria and we hope you will take a few minutes of your time to complete the survey.

Cumbria Social Enterprise Partnership

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* 1. Are you aware of the business start-up and business assist support programmes that have been available to social enterprises in Cumbria over the past 3 years?

Yes

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* 2. If YES - have you taken advantage of one of these programmes?

Yes

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* 3. Which programme(s) have you received support from over the last 3 years?

Pre-start support to help setup a new social enterprise

Business support to help your social enterprise

Support from another Cumbrian based support programme

Another business support provider

Please give details of who provided your support:

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* 4. Please rate the following aspects of the support received:

	Poor		Average		Excellent
Knowledge of the business adviser providing the support	Knowledge of the business adviser providing the support Poor	Knowledge of the business adviser providing the support	Knowledge of the business adviser providing the support Average	Knowledge of the business adviser providing the support	Knowledge of the business adviser providing the support Excellent
Relevance of the support provided	Relevance of the support provided Poor	Relevance of the support provided	Relevance of the support provided Average	Relevance of the support provided	Relevance of the support provided Excellent
Availability of the business advisor	Availability of the business advisor Poor	Availability of the business advisor	Availability of the business advisor Average	Availability of the business advisor	Availability of the business advisor Excellent
Amount of time provided under the support	Amount of time provided under the support Poor	Amount of time provided under the support	Amount of time provided under the support Average	Amount of time provided under the support	Amount of time provided under the support Excellent
Ease of accessing the support	Ease of accessing the support Poor	Ease of accessing the support	Ease of accessing the support Average	Ease of accessing the support	Ease of accessing the support Excellent

What were the best things about the support you received and what aspects could have been better?

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* 5. Is business start-up or business assist support something you would be interested in taking advantage of in the future?

Yes

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* 6. If YES - what aspects of running a social enterprise are you most interested in?

	No interest		Some interest		Very interested
Setting-up a new social enterprise	Setting-up a new social enterprise No interest	Setting-up a new social enterprise	Setting-up a new social enterprise Some interest	Setting-up a new social enterprise	Setting-up a new social enterprise Very interested
Governance issues	Governance issues No interest	Governance issues	Governance issues Some interest	Governance issues	Governance issues Very interested
Marketing	Marketing No interest	Marketing	Marketing Some interest	Marketing	Marketing Very interested
Financial management	Financial management No interest	Financial management	Financial management Some interest	Financial management	Financial management Very interested
Raising funding and accessing finance	Raising funding and accessing finance No interest	Raising funding and accessing finance	Raising funding and accessing finance Some interest	Raising funding and accessing finance	Raising funding and accessing finance Very interested
Tendering and contracting with public sector organisations	Tendering and contracting with public sector organisations No interest	Tendering and contracting with public sector organisations	Tendering and contracting with public sector organisations Some interest	Tendering and contracting with public sector organisations	Tendering and contracting with public sector organisations Very interested
HR and employment issues	HR and employment issues No interest	HR and employment issues	HR and employment issues Some interest	HR and employment issues	HR and employment issues Very interested
Partnership working	Partnership working No interest	Partnership working	Partnership working Some interest	Partnership working	Partnership working Very interested
Networking events in my geographical area	Networking events in my geographical area No interest	Networking events in my geographical area	Networking events in my geographical area Some interest	Networking events in my geographical area	Networking events in my geographical area Very interested
Networking events relevant to my field of work	Networking events relevant to my field of work No interest	Networking events relevant to my field of work	Networking events relevant to my field of work Some interest	Networking events relevant to my field of work	Networking events relevant to my field of work Very interested

Any other suggestions:

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* 7. If you WOULD NOT be interested in accessing support, can you tell us why not, so we can better understand the needs of Cumbrian social enterprises.

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* 8. Have you attended any of networking events organised by CSEP? (eg. Annual Conference/Awards, Co-operatives NW networking event, social value workshop, ESIF and Local Impact Fund workshops, etc)

If YES, what did you find most beneficial about the events?

If YES, what did you feel could be improved?

If NO, what were the reasons you did not attend?

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* 9. What types of events or topics would you like CSEP to host in the future? (eg. networking, workshops, advice, etc)

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* 10. Tell us a bit about your organisation:

	Carlisle	Eden	Allerdale	Copeland	Furness	South Lakes
District organised based	District organised based Carlisle	District organised based Eden	District organised based Allerdale	District organised based Copeland	District organised based Furness	District organised based South Lakes

Area of work: