Recession and Voluntary and Community Sector
In the light of changing economic situation it is important to react and be able to provide some early feedback and evidence of some of its effects on the local Voluntary and Community Organisations. Adam Chugg one of the SpeakUp representative is leading the work and has been collecting evidence from other representatives and feeding those back to ESCC (East Sussex County Council).
The project is helping with:
- Coordinated collection of evidence across East Sussex (incl. CVSsA voluntary organisation which is set up, owned and run by local groups to support, promote and develop local voluntary and community action. CVS support their members by providing them with a range of services and by acting as a voice for the local voluntary, community and faith sector. survey)
- Liaison and reporting to ESCC
- Linking with regional work and lobbying (by RAISE - Regional Action and Involvement South East)
- Some results include increase in prompt payments from ESCC invoices and VCSVoluntary and Community Sector. representation place at ESCC Recession Task Force
TAKE PART! Impact of the recession on the organisations in East Sussex - research carried out with Brighton University.
Please click below to download PDF or WORD version of the questionnaire. You can fill it in on behalf of your organisation or a partnership or use to gather feedback at your network meeting. You can contact us to meet with the researcher and take part in the research through telephone or face to face meeting. More information in the questionnaire.
Recession questionnaire_WORD.doc
On-line survey, EASY to fill in - please click here
Results of the research will be announced and discussed at the BIG EVENT Conference on 20th January 2010.
Previous Reports
The latest brief report about the effects of the recession on Voluntary and Community Sector in East Sussex.