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A Picture of the Charity, Voluntary & Community Sector Within A Picture of the Charity, Voluntary & Community Sector within Sedgefield Constituency Report by the office of Phil Wilson MP November 2015 November 20 A Picture of the CVC Sector in Sedgefield – October 2015 2 CONTENTS 1. Foreword by Phil Wilson MP 4 2. Acknowledgements 5 3. Aims of research 6 4. Methodology 6 5. Section One - The Picture of Need • Themes of need 8 • Area based need 9 6. Section Two – The picture of local Charity, Voluntary & Community (CVC) Sector • Size of organisations 12 • Type of organisations 13 7. Section Three – Funding survey and results 15 8. Section Four – Conversations with the CVC sector 17 9. Section Five – Recommendations 20 10. Appendix 1 – Charities Survey 22 A Picture of the CVC Sector in Sedgefield – October 2015 3 Foreword by Phil Wilson MP Furthermore a report by the Northern Rock Foundation4 published earlier this year, highlighted that charities and community organisations located in the poorest areas of the region were more than four times as likely to have lost significant levels of income in the last two years (30%) when compared with the richest areas (7%). This means that charities and community groups in Sedgefield where there are high levels of deprivation will undoubtedly being negatively affected. This report found that 75% of organisations are finding it harder to access funds than in previous years and 77% are generally finding it hard to access funds in the Sedgefield area. This is clear In my 8 years as the Member of Parliament for evidence that the sector is struggling and backs Sedgefield, I have visited numerous charities up the national and regional data. and community groups in my constituency, met At a time of deep swingeing government cuts, with the volunteers and professionals who run unprecedented demand on limited resources them and listened to many stories from the and economic and social unrest, it is imperative people who benefit from them. These groups that we, as representatives and policy makers, and organisations play a vital role in improving engage with and listen to the sector, people’s lives. They build social capital, provide a understanding their needs and developing wide range of activities that make up the fabric strategies both locally and nationally to support of social and community life, often finding ways their vital work. of working with those that are hardest to reach. I hope this report will prove useful to charities, policy makers, funding officers and elected These charitable and voluntary groups are also a members in understanding the challenges key contributor to our economy. It is estimated facing the charities within my constituency, that there are 4,760 charities based in the North providing an evidence base for discussion and East, 3% of all charities in the UK. In 2007/08 debate into how they may be supported to meet these charities had an income of £731 million, these challenges over the coming years. spent £673 million and had assets worth £1.3 I will continue to do all that I can to support the 1 billion. In Sedgefield alone there are thought to community, charity and voluntary sector be approximately 500 charities.2 organisations in my constituency as they seek to Worryingly, government funding to the achieve financial sustainability in challenging voluntary and community sector has fallen over times and I encourage others to join me in this vital task and help ensure the sector can the last five years in all regions apart from continue achieving social change and build London and the South East according to the stronger, more vibrant communities for many NCVO (National Council for Voluntary years to come. Organisations). There is now a projected a £4.6bn annual shortfall in voluntary and community sector income over the next 5 years.3 This means the vital services that the sector Phil Wilson, provide are at risk. Member of Parliament for Sedgefield 1 Tony Chapman and Fred Robinson [August 2015], Key findings from the Northern Rock Foundation Third Sector Trends Study in North East England, Northern Rock. 2 Estimate provided by CAVOS according to 2011 activity 3 4 Tony Chapman and Fred Robinson [August 2015], Key findings from the https://www.ncvo.org.uk/images/documents/policy_and_research/funding/ Northern Rock Foundation Third Sector Trends Study in North East England, financial-sustainability-review-of-the-voluntary-sector-july-2015.pdf Northern Rock. A Picture of the CVC Sector in Sedgefield – October 2015 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are very grateful to the many people, groups and organisations that took part in this study, particularly those who responded to surveys, replied to emails, took part in telephone interviews and met with our parliamentary team. We also acknowledge the support of the House of Commons research staff, Jessie Joe Jacobs, the senior researcher leading on this report and preparing much of the research and Jade Hall our research volunteer who significantly contributed to the field research. We want to specifically give thanks to the three Area Action Partnerships, East Durham Rural Corridor AAP, 4Together AAP and The Greater Aycliffe and Midridge Area Action Partnership; Joanna Laverick of Durham Community Action, Gillian Fortune of CAVOS and Malcolm Fallow of East Durham Trust who have also offered their help and support over the period of this project. AIMS OF RESEARCH The aims of the report are to: 1. Understand the composition of charity, voluntary and community organisations within the Sedgefield constituency including trends around the size of organisations, their funding and core activities/responsibilities 2. Identify and understand the various needs of the communities that the Charity, Voluntary and Community (CVC) sector are based within and may be seeking to address 3. Understand the issues around funding and support that the sector are facing 4. Make recommendations to policymakers, local councillors, funders and parliamentarians on how to improve support for the voluntary sector 5. Provide practical advice and support for voluntary organisations to achieve financial sustainability and improve their impact within communities. 6. Identify areas for further investigation METHODOLOGY For the purposes of this report, the sector is referred to as the charity, voluntary and community (CVC) sector. It was felt by those within the sector that there are distinct groupings and this terminology has been used to ensure the research reached a widest possible selection of organisations and groups. The research was undertaken between December 2014 and August 2015. Stage One – Identifying the groups and organisations In order to identify charity and community organisations that were located within the Sedgefield constituency, comprehensive searches of online databases were conducted, including the use of the charity commission website and internet directories. Charity and community organisations were also identified through publicly available registers or organisations that had been funded by the constituencies Area Action Partnerships (AAP) and The Big Lottery. A Picture of the CVC Sector in Sedgefield – October 2015 6 Stage Two – Identifying local issues A number of charities from each geographical area identified through stage 1, were randomly selected to contact. They were asked to report on any major issues that existed within their communities. This was through informal meetings, emails and telephone interviews. Secondary data was collected through analysing reports produced by the AAP’s to identify statistical information around issues such as unemployment and healthy lifestyles. Constituency data produced by the House of Commons library was also analysed. Stage Three – Identifying types of organisation and funding needs An electronic survey was sent out by three Area Action Partnerships (AAP) East Durham Rural Corridor AAP, 4Together AAP and The Greater Aycliffe and Midridge Area Action Partnership, to charity and community organisations held within their database. Hard copies of the survey were sent to 73 organisations whom had already been identified within the initial stage of the research. 53 organisations responded to the survey, although not all sections were completed. For the purpose of the report, references to the sizes of charities are drawn from the following income bands: Micro: £0-£10,000 Small: £10,000-£100,000 Medium: £100,000-£1,000,000 ++ Large: £1,000,000-£10,000,000 Major: >£10,000,000 A Picture of the CVC Sector in Sedgefield – October 2015 7 SECTION ONE – THE PICTURE OF NEED Through the comprehensive analysis of statistical data and detailed interviews with community leaders, community groups and community workers, an extensive number of issues were identified. THEMES OF NEED For the purposes of this research these issues have been grouped into seven distinct themes of need in order to streamline the data. These themes are road & transport, environment, civic & community skills deficit, social isolation, crime & anti-social behaviour, housing & healthy lifestyles. The following is a table of these themes with the specific issues they cover. Road & Transport Issues Environment - Speeding - Litter & fly tipping - Using off-road vehicles in restricted areas - Graffiti & roads - Green spaces absent or not looked after - Accident hotspots - Houses empty or in a state of disrepair - Parking issues - General lack of regeneration Civic & Community Skills Deficits Social Isolation & Exclusion - Lack of people with skills to run - Public disturbance community centres - Lack of things
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