VCS Alliance Engagement Survey

Dear Gloucestershire VCS

We are seeking your views that will guide our work over the year ahead. It is very important to us that all VCS groups and organisations have the opportunity to tell us what they think, not only about the work we are doing, but also how we can work better to tackle the issues that concern you most.

Following last year’s consultations that drove the production of the VCSE Engagement Strategy and Action Plan we have been making progress on the identified tasks that include: the provision of monthly engagement surgeries available in each district; a mental health showcase event; significant progress in supporting volunteering and community transport and the development of events to better support public sector engagement.

So that we can continue to tailor our services to support the sector we have produced this short Engagement Survey, it will take around 10 – 15 minutes to complete. It is vital to us that as many of our members as possible contribute and provide feedback to us, so please help us to improve how we can support you better by giving your views.

Once all feedback has been studied we will produce a short report highlighting the main points that arise, from which we will integrate as much as possible into the production of our forthcoming Business Strategy.

Mike Brain
Chief Executive Officer
Gloucestershire VCS Alliance

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* 1. Name of organisation and key charitable objectives

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* 2. What is the size of your organisation?

Number of paid staff (FTE)

Number of volunteers (registered)

Has the total number of full-time staff employed by the organisation increased, decreased or stayed the same in the last five years?

Indicative turnover (this information will be kept confidential)

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* 3. Where does your turnover come from? Please give us an indicative percentage.

Public Sector Contracts

Private Sector

Fundraising

Grant giving

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Are your financial reserves:

Less than 3 months operating costs

Less than 6 months operating costs

Less than 1 years operating costs

More than 1 years operating costs

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* 5. Please state what level of confidence you have in the following:

	Very confident	Quite confident	Not confident	No confident at all
In your organisation's immediate future	In your organisation's immediate future Very confident	In your organisation's immediate future Quite confident	In your organisation's immediate future Not confident	In your organisation's immediate future No confident at all
In your organisation's longterm future	In your organisation's longterm future Very confident	In your organisation's longterm future Quite confident	In your organisation's longterm future Not confident	In your organisation's longterm future No confident at all
In continuing your organisation's current provision	In continuing your organisation's current provision Very confident	In continuing your organisation's current provision Quite confident	In continuing your organisation's current provision Not confident	In continuing your organisation's current provision No confident at all
In staff retention	In staff retention Very confident	In staff retention Quite confident	In staff retention Not confident	In staff retention No confident at all
In continued demand for your services	In continued demand for your services Very confident	In continued demand for your services Quite confident	In continued demand for your services Not confident	In continued demand for your services No confident at all
In the demand for your services increasing	In the demand for your services increasing Very confident	In the demand for your services increasing Quite confident	In the demand for your services increasing Not confident	In the demand for your services increasing No confident at all
In Brexit NOT impacting on your service or staff retention	In Brexit NOT impacting on your service or staff retention Very confident	In Brexit NOT impacting on your service or staff retention Quite confident	In Brexit NOT impacting on your service or staff retention Not confident	In Brexit NOT impacting on your service or staff retention No confident at all

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* 6. What areas do you currently operate in?

Countywide

Cheltenham

Gloucester

Forest of Dean

Cotswolds

Tewkesbury

Stroud

Regionally

Nationally

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* 7. Engagement with public sector.

What would better engagement with the public sector look like?

What message would you like to give to Gloucestershire’s public sector that you consider important to your organisation’s ability to continue your service provision?

What support do you need from the public sector and what changes would you like to see in order for this to happen?

Do you consider you know what the public sector priorities are and are the priorities of your organisation aligned to those of the public sector?

VCS Alliance Engagement Survey

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* 1. Name of organisation and key charitable objectives

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* 2. What is the size of your organisation?

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* 3. Where does your turnover come from? Please give us an indicative percentage.

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* 4. Are your financial reserves:

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* 5. Please state what level of confidence you have in the following:

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* 6. What areas do you currently operate in?

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* 7. Engagement with public sector.

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* 8. What is the biggest challenge to your organisation over the next 2 years and what impact might this have?

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* 9. In what way could the VCS Alliance better support your organisation and what impact might this have?