Restarting Events and Community in-person activities

Following the lifting and relaxing of social distancing restrictions in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, many charities and agencies have been able to return to in-person event and community fundraising.

In order to gauge how charities are adapting, we would like to ask a few more questions about your plans to restart in-person community and event fundraising. We are keen to not only understand the rate at which activities are restarting, but also your plans to lift social distancing measures and your thoughts on the future of events and community fundraising.

Whether you’ve started already, or yet to do so, we’d love to hear what your plans are and the strategy your charity is taking. Results will be shared across our membership to help fundraisers understand the fundraising landscape, as well as help us think about further resource and support. As well as your plans on carrying out fundraising activity, we also ask some general questions about your events and community fundraising so we can look at general trends and benchmarking.

The survey will be open until 29th October. Please skip any questions which aren’t relevant to you.

Thank you for taking part.

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* 1. Do you work in events, community fundraising or both?

Events

Community

Both

Something else (please specify)

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* 2. Where do you fundraise? (select all that apply)

UK wide

England

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

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* 3. What is the size of your organisation, based on voluntary income? (by voluntary income, we mean income from donations, events and other fundraising activities)

Under £500,0000

£500,000-£999,999

£1 million-£10 million

£10 million-£50 million

£50+ million

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* 4. On average how did your income over the last year from events and community fundraising compare to pre-pandemic levels (2019)? (this can include new activity that you have done to replace in-person events, for example digital events)

	Significantly less than pre-pandemic (by 20% or more)	Slightly less than pre-pandemic (by up to 20%)	About the same	Slightly more than pre-pandemic (by up to 20%)	Significantly more than pre-pandemic (by 20% or more)
Events	Events Significantly less than pre-pandemic (by 20% or more)	Events Slightly less than pre-pandemic (by up to 20%)	Events About the same	Events Slightly more than pre-pandemic (by up to 20%)	Events Significantly more than pre-pandemic (by 20% or more)
Community	Community Significantly less than pre-pandemic (by 20% or more)	Community Slightly less than pre-pandemic (by up to 20%)	Community About the same	Community Slightly more than pre-pandemic (by up to 20%)	Community Significantly more than pre-pandemic (by 20% or more)

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* 5. And looking ahead to next year, what are you forecasting for the next year for events and community fundraising income compared to fundraising during the pandemic

	Significantly less than pre-pandemic (by 20% or more)	Slightly less than pre-pandemic (by up to 20%)	About the same	Slightly more than pre-pandemic (by up to 20%)	Significantly more than pre-pandemic (by 20% or more)
Events	Events Significantly less than pre-pandemic (by 20% or more)	Events Slightly less than pre-pandemic (by up to 20%)	Events About the same	Events Slightly more than pre-pandemic (by up to 20%)	Events Significantly more than pre-pandemic (by 20% or more)
Community	Community Significantly less than pre-pandemic (by 20% or more)	Community Slightly less than pre-pandemic (by up to 20%)	Community About the same	Community Slightly more than pre-pandemic (by up to 20%)	Community Significantly more than pre-pandemic (by 20% or more)

Restarting Events and Community in-person activities

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* 1. Do you work in events, community fundraising or both?

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* 2. Where do you fundraise? (select all that apply)

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* 3. What is the size of your organisation, based on voluntary income? (by voluntary income, we mean income from donations, events and other fundraising activities)

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* 4. On average how did your income over the last year from events and community fundraising compare to pre-pandemic levels (2019)? (this can include new activity that you have done to replace in-person events, for example digital events)

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* 5. And looking ahead to next year, what are you forecasting for the next year for events and community fundraising income compared to fundraising during the pandemic

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* 6. If you’d like to provide any more information about your events and community activity and income, please do so here.