Answers sought into how VCS organisations have coped with the downturn

Hello,
I am submitting this blog post to assist a colleague with her university research. Please read on and hopefully you can help by completing the short questionnaire.

Experienced assessor, executive coach and consultant, seeks insight from those working in voluntary and community sector organisations.

Tracey Moore, Development Manager at Newcastle upon Tyne based social enterprise PNE Group, has launched a survey to analyse the response of voluntary and community organisations (VCO's) to the current economic downturn. The data will help to determine the strategies which are being most commonly applied across the sector and the level of their success.

This reasearch forms a part of Tracey's MBA dissertation being carried out at Newcastle University. Tracey commented: "..[the research] is looking at how the sector has responded to the recession and what strategies are having an effect on their sustainability. The questionnaire will take just a few minutes to complete but will really help me with my research. I would be really grateful if you could complete the questionnaire and also forward it to other organisations on my behalf please so that I can reach as many organisations as possible."

Access the questionnaire by clicking on the link below

http://bit.ly/VCOsurvey

The deadline for submissions is Friday 15th July 2011.

Thank you in anticipation,
Shaun