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We need your help.

The voluntary and community response to COVID-19 has been phenomenal, but so has the impact on our sector.  As we move from response to recovery we must measure the impact and the support needed by our sector, to be able to continue the amazing work that is done for the benefit of our communities.

We appreciate that everyone is under enormous pressure; however, this is exactly the time we need this information so that we can help you.

For us to do this we need your help.  If you could complete our State of The Sector in Dorset & BCP Survey – This time we are looking to assess the impact across Pan-Dorset, as we are aware that many of you work across all areas, as a result DCA & CAN are partnering together to collect data and we will ensure that the results are shared with decision-makers, both locally and nationally.  We will also make sure that the support DCA & CAN provides will be directly linked to the support you need. The survey shouldn’t take more than 12 minutes of your time.

It would be helpful if you could complete the survey by Friday 30th April.

Thank you for your time and stay safe.

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* 1. What Council Region do you operate within?

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* 2. Please select the area(s) of benefit that best describes your organisational reach.

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* 3. Which statement best describes the current status of your Organisation?

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* 4. What is your approximate yearly turnover (pre-COVID-19)?

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* 5. What has been your approximate yearly turnover during COVID-19?

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* 6. Did you apply for any COVID-19 related funding?

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* 7. How many staff do you employ? 

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* 8. Have you furloughed any staff, if so, approximately what percentage of your workforce?

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* 9. How long will you be able to keep operational, without emergency funds to help?

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* 10. What percentage of your income did you lose as a result of COVID-19? (Put zero if none)

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* 11. What is the main reason you lost income?
(Tick all that apply)

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* 12. How many service users/beneficiaries needs do you estimate may have been unmet as a result of the financial impact of COVID-19?

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* 13. Did you have to make redundancies?

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* 14. If yes, approximately what percentage was this of your workforce?

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* 15. How many volunteers did you have before COVID-19?

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* 16. How has COVID-19 affected your volunteers?

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* 17. How many service users/beneficiaries do you support on a yearly basis?

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* 18. Have you seen an increase in service users/beneficiaries due to COVID-19?

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* 19. If yes, can you quantify this as a percentage?

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* 20. What are the main reasons for this extra demand?

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* 21. Will you aim to continue offering these services?

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* 22. If yes, will you require additional funding to continue this work?

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* 23. Have you identified any unmet or poorly met needs that should be flagged to the authorities, e.g. demographics of people, places?

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* 24. What support from DCA/CAN did you find most useful as part of our COVID-19 response?

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* 25. Is there anything particular you would like to tell us about the support you received from DCA/CAN during the pandemic?

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* 26. What further support from DCA/CAN would you find most useful at this time?

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* 27. We would love to hear of any positive outcomes during the pandemic if you are willing to share. These could have come about due to your work, or your volunteers. (If you do give any information here then please also do complete your contact details below so we can get in touch to help promote your organisation.)

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* 28. Both DCA and CAN are collaborating with the Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group to research and develop 'Home First' in Dorset. This is a National support initiative designed to ensure that patients being discharged from hospital are supported to maintain wellbeing and independence at home. 
As part of this we wish to work with community providers to explore and develop pilot support models. 
Would you be interested in being involved in this research?
(If you do say yes here then please also complete your contact details below so we can get in touch.)

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* 29. Would you like us to contact you for a follow up?

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* 30. If yes to any of the above 3 questions, please supply your contact details below (this data will purely be used to make contact with you regarding the relevant above questions).

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* 31. Is there anything else you wish to tell us? 

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