VCS Response to COVID-19

Please complete the following survey so we can understand how the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is affecting your organisation and the community of Harrow.

We are also keen to understand how we can best support you to harness the volunteer movement and to keep people safe over the coming months.

If you have any questions or queries please email contact@voluntaryactioharrow.org.uk

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* 1. Are you currently delivering services to members of the community?

Yes, through online and face-to-face services

Yes, through online services

Yes, through face-to-face services

We would like to, but need help to do so

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* 2. What percentage of your services are you continuing to offer?

1 - 20%

21 - 40%

41 - 60%

61 - 80%

81 - 99%

100%

Specific Percentage (e.g. 35% - if known)

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* 3. What are the current struggles faced by your community? (Please tick as many as apply)

Access to food

Access to sufficent income

Rise in household bills

Problems with bailiffs or evictions

General health anxieties

Maintaining good physical health

Maintaining good mental health

Maintaining good dietary health

Increased risk of neglect

Increased anti-social behaviour

Increased hate-crime

Increase in domestic violence

Increase in sexual violence

Increase in loneliness

Increased social isolation

Parenting challenges

Home schooling challenges

Access to counselling services

Access to bereavement services

Vulnerablity to scams

The sharing of inaccurate information

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Are you concerned about the impact of Coronavirus on your community? If yes, please give details.

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* 5. How has the demand for your services changed due to coronavirus?

There are no services running, therefore no one is able to access our services.

There has been a signifcant decrease (70-100%)

There has been a moderate decrease (30-70%)

There has been a slight decrease (0-30%)

There has been no change

There has been a slight increase (0-30%)

There has been a moderate increase (30-70%)

There has been a signifcant increase (70-100%)

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* 6. Do you need any additional volunteers to help during this time?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 7. How has the Coronavirus had a notable impact on your organisation? (Please tick as many as apply)

Significant loss of grant revenue

Significant loss of donations

Significant loss of trading/charging income

Financial security

Staff absence/illness

Lack of available volunteers

Cannot pay volunteer expenses

There has been no impact

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* 8. At present, what do you see the risk level to your long-term viability?

Minimal Risk

Moderate Risk

High Risk

Don't Know

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* 9. What is your length of cover (financial reserves) if current conditions to continue?

Less than one month

1 - 2 months

2 - 3 months

3 - 4 months

4 - 6 months

More than 6 months

Don't know

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* 10. Are you confident that you have specific business continuity measures in place?

Yes, we have measures in place.

We are developing / thinking about measures.

We need help in developing / thinking about measures.

We don't have any measures in place.

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* 11. Is your organisation continuing to pay staff and honour contracts? (Please tick as many as apply)

All staff are being paid as normal

Staff are being asked to take pay cuts

Staff are being asked to have wages deferred

Staff are being/will be furloughed

Staff are taking voluntary unpaid leave

Staff are being laid off

Staff are being asked to take on work outside their usual job description

We have no staff

Other (please specify)

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* 12. What proportion of your staff are, or you expect to be, furloughed?

We have no staff

1 - 24%

25 - 49%

50 - 74%

75 - 100%

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* 13. Is your organisation continuing to pay suppliers (including rent)? (Please tick as many as apply)

All suppliers are being paid as normal

Suppliers are being asked to take reduced payments

Suppliers are being asked to take deferred payments

Suppliers have had contracts cancelled

We have no suppliers

Other (please specify)

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* 14. Does your organisation need any support to continue providing services to your clients? If yes, please give details.

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* 15. What further advice or support would be helpful to you? (Please tick as many as apply)

Fundraising advice

Specfic legal advice

Finance advice

Childrens safeguarding advice

Adults safeguarding advice

Mental health guidance and support

Physical health guidance and support

Policies and procedures

Campaigning advice

Funding support to sustain the organisation

Advocacy advice

Stronger community voice

Representation of our concerns to government/statutory bodies

Advice and guidance on how to support local communities safely

Examples of what other organisations are doing

Other (please specify)

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* 16. Is there anything else you would like to tell us?

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* 17. Contact Details

Name

Organisation