Our state of the sector report consistently paints a picture of a diverse, resilient, creative, and inspirational voluntary sector that works hard to support people on their desistance journey. There are just 5 days left to add your voice to this year's survey. You can share your experiences in our state of the sector survey here.
The results from our 2015 State of the Sector survey showed that during another year of considerable change, the sector remained focused on delivering creative solutions to supporting the needs of their clients. However, we also know the sector is responding to many challenges. You told us that as a result, the sector is:
- Developing and delivering new services to respond to clients’ needs which have changed and become more severe
- Working in partnership, which continues to be important but can be challenging due to the policy and funding environment creating competition
- Supporting its service users in a funding environment in which they are unlikely to receive full cost recovery on contracts they deliver, and that many organisations are using their reserves to support their work.
Does this still sound familiar? What are your experiences this year?
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How your responses will be used
Your anonymised responses will contribute to a report which will be shared with our network of 15,000 contacts and sent to key policy decision makers. We rely on your up-to-date information so we can present the latest findings to government. Last year's findings were presented to Ministers at the Ministry of Justice, senior officials at National Offender Management Service, at the Office for Civil Society, submissions to Lords and Commons select committees, and to the Government Relations Team at No.10.
It’s vital that as many organisations respond as possible.
The survey will close on the 16th December – don’t miss your chance to be heard!
Click here to respond to our state of the sector survey
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