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The Voluntary and Community Sector in Bexley
Sakthi Suriyaprakasam9th July 2014
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The scope of the research
• Bexley’s VCS – make-up of the sector, income• Economic and Social value of Bexley’s VCS–
beneficiaries, fields of work, at what stage do they intervene, paid staff, volunteers
• Change, challenges and vulnerabilities• The relationship between Bexley’s VCS and
BVSC
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What is the make up of the sector?
• 842 registered Voluntary and Community organisations
• Estimated 1,100 unregistered voluntary and community organisations (sometimes called ‘civil society’)
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What is the make up of the sector?
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Size of Charities by Income
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How has the financial profile changed over the last two years?
• 31% (152) lost up to half of their income • 10% (51) lost at least half of their income • 8% (39) stayed at the same level of income • 50% (244) increased their income, with 8%
(37) at least doubling it.
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Who are the beneficiaries?
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What areas of work do charities cover?
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How many paid staff do VCO’s employ in Bexley?
• The average number of paid staff working in Bexley in voluntary and community organisations responding to our survey was 17
• However, nearly half (47%) of responding organisations had no paid staff at all
• Among VCOs which gave the breakdown of full-time to part-time staff, the ratio was 3:8.
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What do volunteers contribute to the work of VCOs in Bexley?
• VCOs in Bexley on average have 8 trustees and 36 non-trustee volunteers
• The average number of unpaid hours contributed by trustees and volunteers in Bexley is 86.4 per week per organisation
• If paid LLW, this would cost each organisation £39,536 p.y.
• For all charities working in Bexley, the contribution of volunteers, if paid LLW, would be worth £19m
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VCS Resources
• Charities working in Bexley have a total income of £235m
• VCS in Bexley raise about £5.90 for every £1 received from the statutory sector
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At what stage do community and voluntary organisations intervene?
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What problems do organisations expect in the next year?
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FUNDING ISSUES
Organisations were asked which of the following funding difficulties they expected in the next year:
• Getting enough grant funding 61% • Need to find new ways to generate funds and diversify - for example trading and selling 42% • Having to compete for contracts with larger organisations or private sector 31% • Finding out about opportunities for contracts 24% • Demands for impact measurement 21% • Payment by results 18% • Personalisation (the move to personalised budgets) 13%• Unfamiliarity with and complexity of the tendering process (applying for contracts) 11%
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ARE ORGANISATIONS AT RISK OF CLOSURE IN THE NEXT YEAR?
• 9.3% of organisations feel there is a real risk their organisation will have to close within the next year.
• Another 9.3% were unsure, and 81.3% felt there was no such risk for this year.
• There was a very slight tendency to higher confidence of surviving among larger organisations.
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How valuable did VCO’s find BVSC’s help?
• Most valued– One to one development support– Training– Sub-sector forums and networks– E-bulletins– Community Directory
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How valuable did VCO’s find the Volunteer Centre’s help?
• Most valued– One to one development and good practice
advice/support– Training– Help to recruit volunteers
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How do organisations prefer to receive information and support from BVSC?
1. Email2. Post3. Face to face/ individually4. Telephone5. Face to face as part of a group6. Social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn).For organisations with £25k or less this order of preference changed to:1. Email2. Face to face /individually3. Face to face as part of a group4. Post5. Social media6. Telephone
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What could we do more of?
• Help with finding funding• Help to recruit volunteers• Support with collaborative working inc. help with
finding partners• Finding premises• Marketing their services• More information on service gaps in the borough• `Preferred provider’ for outsources services• Use more online services and social media