[WiLT] NCVO invites sector leaders to open up about their confidence

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NCVO invites sector leaders to open up about their confidence

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) is inviting
voluntary sector leaders to give their views on the health and
prospects of their organisations in its new confidence and trends
survey.  'Charity Forecast: a quarterly survey of sector leaders' is
the first survey of its kind in the sector, and is designed to provide
voluntary organisations with valuable information that they can use in
their planning processes.  Chief Executives, Directors and Trustees of
charities who would like to take part in the survey should go to the
following link www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/charityforecastsurvey.

Karl Wilding, Head of Research at NCVO said:

'Charity leaders stand out in many ways, but now we want to know how
confident they are about their organisations' future, as well as the
sector's future.  By opening up about their plans and views, they will
help provide a valuable planning resource for voluntary organisations.
This confidence and trends survey will put us on a level playing field
with other parts of the economy that have been running this type of
survey for years.'

The survey, Charity Forecast: a quarterly survey of sector leaders,
mirrors confidence and trends surveys carried out in the private
sector, the cornerstone of these surveys is the CBI's Quarterly
Industrial Trends Survey.  It will survey charity leaders to determine
how optimistic or pessimistic they feel about the following three
months, their financial, employment, campaigning and service delivery
plans,  the main barriers they see hindering their organisation and
more.

The results of the survey will be published in March 2008.  Charity
leaders who participate in the survey will receive a copy free of
charge.

To order an advance copy of the report please visit:
http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/publications

http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/press/releases/?id=8026