Kreston Charities Group Survey 2022 Kreston Charities Group Survey 2022 Financial resilience OK Question Title * 1. Is your charity in a more or less sustainable financial position than it was when the pandemic started in March 2020? More Less OK Question Title * 2. Do you consider that your financial reserves are sufficient to cover future development plans and contingencies for increased costs or reduced income? Yes No OK Inflation OK Question Title * 3. Excluding salaries, how much have you seen your costs increase in the last year? <5% 5-10% 10-15% 15% plus OK Question Title * 4. Have pay awards at your charity increased by at least the current rate of inflation in the last year (10.5%)? Yes No OK Retention and recruitment of staff OK Question Title * 5. Has the recruitment and retention of staff become more, or less, challenging than it was during the pandemic in 2020? More challenging Less challenging The same OK Question Title * 6. Are you taking steps, other than by financial means, to make your charity a more rewarding place to work? Yes No OK Mergers and collaboration OK Question Title * 7. Have you collaborated more with other organisations including charities, public sector bodies or private companies, since the pandemic/cost of living crisis started? Please tick the ones you have collaborated with: Other charities Public sector Private sector OK Question Title * 8. Would you consider merging with another charity with similar objectives to your own? Yes No OK Risk management OK Question Title * 9. Do you have more or less confidence in your risk management processes than you did before the pandemic/cost of living crisis? More confidence Less confidence OK Question Title * 10. How likely is it that we’ll experience an event such as a pandemic which will impact on your organisation within the next few years? Very likely Quite likely Not likely OK Reputation OK Question Title * 11. Do you feel the charity sector as a whole is more, or less valued by the general public than it was pre the Covid pandemic in 2019? More valued Less valued OK Question Title * 12. Have high profile scandals/issues regarding safeguarding and accusations of misuse of funds at larger charities negatively affected your ability to raise funds? Yes No OK Cyber security OK Question Title * 13. Are you satisfied that your charity has reasonable and proportionate cyber security measures in place to protect it? Yes No OK Question Title * 14. A Cyber insurance policy provides a combination of coverage options to help protect an organisation from the impact of data breaches and other cyber security issues and may be included as part of a broader policy - Does your charity have cyber insurance cover in place? Yes No OK Question Title * 15. Have you stepped up cyber security training for staff in the last 12 months? Yes No OK Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) OK Question Title * 16. Have you been asked by funders or potential funders for details of your EDI policy? Yes No OK Question Title * 17. In what areas are you most concerned about a lack of diversity in your organisation? Beneficiaries Board of Trustees Staff OK Mental wellbeing OK Question Title * 18. Are your beneficiaries more affected by mental health issues than they were before the pandemic/cost of living crisis started? Yes No OK Question Title * 19. Have you increased the provision of mental health support for your staff/volunteers in the last two years? Yes No OK Climate change OK Question Title * 20. Have you been asked by funders or potential funders for details of what you are doing to lessen your impact on the environment? Yes No OK Question Title * 21. Are environmental matters…. Your organisation’s primary purpose An element of its broader goals Addressed but not part of its objectives or purpose Not actively engaged by your organisation OK Question Title * 22. Does your charity report on its environmental impact, for example streamlined energy and carbon reporting (SECR)? Yes – Have to comply due to the size of the charity Yes – Whilst we do not have to, we want to show what the charity is doing No – Not considered necessary OK Question Title * 23. Thank you for completing the survey, please enter your email address below to receive a copy of the report*. OK *By entering your email addresses you are agreeing for your survey results to no longer be anonymous and therefore be shared with Kreston UK Charity group in order to receive a copy of the final report. OK DONE