This is the fourth year of LVSC's annual
Big Squeeze survey, which looks at the impact of the
recession and public spending cuts on London's voluntary and
community sector (VCS) and the people who use their
services. In previous years, our reports summarised the
survey results and included recommendations for policy makers,
commissioners and LVSC. It also included other research used by
funders, policymakers and the VCS. Our previous surveys led
to changes in policy, revision of funding decisions and increased
awareness of London's VCS's work.
Last year's Big Squeeze survey
showed how Londoners and the VCS services they use have been hit
harder than ever. For example:
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81% said the demand for their services
had increased in 2010-2011;
51% have closed services in 2010-11;
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54% expected more services to close in
2011-12;
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77% expected public sector funding of
their organisation to decrease in 2011-12, with those giving a
figure expecting a median 31-40% cut;
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97% said the economic climate had a
negative impact on their clients in 2010-11.
The trends initially predicted in
the 2009 report were confirmed by other more detailed research and
the responses and case studies collected in 2010 and 2011, which
also suggested that negative impacts were becoming worse,
particularly for those Londoners already suffering the most
disadvantage.
We would really appreciate you
taking the time to complete this year's survey. The more people we
can get to respond, the more informative the results.
You can answer the survey in as much or as
little detail as you like. We estimate that it could
therefore take anything between five and 30 minutes of your
time. You can complete the survey as a representative of
your organisation as a whole or from the perspective of a
particular project you work on - you just need to make this clear
in the first question.
Please help us to get as much
information as we can at this difficult economic time, by
completing the survey here
LVSC and its partners have been
seeking evidence from voluntary and community organisations across
London about the impact of the recession and public spending
cuts on the sector.
This year's research has been compiled
into an extensive report, launched on 20th July 2011. It shows that
Londoners and the voluntary and community organisations who support
them are being hit harder than ever due to the continued impact of
the poor economic climate and of the current public sector spending
cuts.
In previous years LVSC's Big Squeeze
reports have accurately predicted trends which later proved
true.
This year's research reveals a worrying trend of
disproportionate cuts to cost effective preventative services
particularly in children and young people, advice and
health services.
If this continues as suggested, it may lead
to increasing health and social problems in the long term.
Download the Exec Summary and full report
here:
Big Squeeze: Executive
Summary
Big Squeeze: Full Report
Through the Big Squeeze campaign, LVSC and
its partners hope to influence strategic policy and decision-makers
to understand the impact of recent cuts and the recession and how
this affects Londoners reliant on voluntary services.
Read the full Big Squeeze press release
here.
For more information contact Sandra van der
Feen Sandra@lvsc.org.uk
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