Feedback about DCC funding cut

Questions for Voluntary and Community Groups

Derbyshire County Council (DCC) is proposing to end the discretionary grant funding to voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) in Derbyshire from 1^st April 2025. This proposal will apply to all the VCOs including Links CVS which provides support, information, and advice to frontline groups. This proposal by DCC will affect your group’s access to advice on funding, setting up and running a group, policy development and compliance with the law, etc. As the local Council for Voluntary Service (CVS), Links is asking for your support to put together a co-ordinated response to reflect the views of VCOs in Chesterfield and NE Derbyshire.

Please complete the survey by 31st July 2024

Section 1: Background information:

1. Name of the community/voluntary group:

2. Does your group cover/ work in/ deliver services in: (tick as appropriate):

Chesterfield

NE Derbyshire

Countywide

3. Organisation Status. Please tick the following that apply to your organisation?

Community Group

Registered Charity

Company Limited by Guarantee

Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Community Interest Company

Organisation Status Other

4. Please describe below your group’s/organisation's primary focus of work. Work that you do or deal with? (i.e Children & Young People, Health, Older People etc.)

5. How many paid staff members?

6. How many trustees/ management committee members are on your governing body?

7. How many volunteers does your group/organisation have?

8. Which of the following Links CVS’s services have you used over the last two years? (Tick all those apply)

Circulation of e-bulletins:

Links CVS e-Bulletin: Local News & Events

Links CVS e-Bulletin: National News & Guidance

Links CVS e-Bulletin: Funding Opportunities

Information and advice:

Setting up a group (developing constitutions)

Legal status (i.e. Registered Charity/ Charitable Incorporated Organisation, etc.)

Policy development

Project planning

Opening a bank account

Funding search and completing applications

Financial planning

Identifying community needs through engagement and consultation

Equality and diversity

Recruiting, employing and managing staff

Anything else, please specify.

Events:

Funding workshops/ funding fairs

Lunch and Mingle

Training

Section 2: About your organisation:

10. How many people have benefited from your work/ services over the last 2 years?

11. If you can no longer access the services provided by Links CVS, which of the following will your group miss?

(Tick all those apply)