Community & Voluntary Sector Covid-19 Recovery Survey Report (September 2020)
During July-August, VANL surveyed the NL community and voluntary sector to find out about their response during the first stage of the COVID 19 pandemic, their financial challenges and their support priorities.
Key findings from the survey show that with regards to financial security:
26% of responding organisations stated their projected income for 2020-21 will be insufficient to support core costs and service provision. This reduction in income is a result of grant and/or contract funding ending; a reduction in public donations and trading income from not being able to operate.
However, 30% of organisations state they will remain stable moving forward, at least until March 2021.
The top five areas where responding organisations would welcome further support are:
- Income generation (50%)
- Partnership working (42%)
- Community Engagement (37%)
- ICT/Digital (31%)
- Strategy & Planning (26%)
