News from: Reading Voluntary Action
The last few years have seen unprecedented upheavals and challenges across the UK and beyond. The voluntary and community sector has been at the forefront of the responses to these challenges and continues to be so today.
Reading’s Voluntary and Community Sector Survey 2024 aims to enhance understanding of the makeup of our vibrant and diverse voluntary and community sector and the challenges it faces. The information gathered will help build a picture of the difference the work of the sector is making to the people of Reading, the challenges groups face and the support they need.
The findings will be a starting point in creating an accessible pool of information on Reading’s Voluntary Sector, helping to identify patterns and trends over time and identifying strengths and gaps in provision.
The survey is open to any charity, community group or social enterprise providing activities and services in Reading. It is suggested that a trustee, committee member, senior manager or founder completes the survey.
The survey will ask questions about the makeup of your group, the services it provides and those you seek to serve. It will explore questions about your workforce, the demand and capacity of your services, your organisation’s governance and financial stability, the challenges your organisation faces and the kind of support you would like to have access to.
It should take 15-30 minutes to complete the survey. Your progress completing the survey can not be saved so you will need to complete it in one go, although there is no time limit so you can keep it open in your browser and return to it if needed.
The responses to the survey will be used to produce a report on “Reading’s Community and Voluntary Sector in 2024”. The report will be published and shared in November 2024.
All responses will be aggregated and anonymised in publicly circulated reports and presentations, except where you have permitted specific responses to be shared and attributed to you.
With your permission, the Reading Voluntary Action team may contact you to follow up on your responses and request or provide additional information.
To complete the survey please visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/XBQGFD3. The survey will close on Monday 30 September.
If you have any questions about the survey, need assistance completing the survey or you would like to receive a Word version instead please contact info@rva.org.uk.