West of England's Voluntary Sector - an overview

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West of England’s Voluntary Sector 2016

*From the combined data of five voluntary sector surveys carried out in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, and Bath and North East Somerset in 2016.

Top 10 areas of support:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Volunteering Social activities

Most supported: Families

Health and social care

&

Information/signposting

parents

Community development Recreation/leisure Employment/skills/training Adult learning

Disabled, socially excluded or vulnerable people.

People with mental health issues

BME Communities

Arts/culture Community buildings/venues

62% of organisations use volunteers and each benefits from an average of

Most organisations (57%) have between

1-10 staff members and 69% have up to 50 volunteers

73

hours

of volunteer time each week!

64%

22% expect income to go up, 22% down and 47% expect it to remain the same as last year.

have been operating for more than

10 years!


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