Annual Survey

This series of briefings explores some of the policy findings from our 2013 Annual Survey of Local Compacts in more depth. In our fifth and final installment, we look at the impact of Best Value Guidance, spending cuts and funding relationships.

This blog reveals results around how local authorities and voluntary sector organisations perceive that funding cuts are affecting them, how relationships between the sectors have fared and how they anticipate future funding and revenue will look.

This series of briefings explores some of the policy findings from our 2013 Annual Survey of Local Compacts in more depth. In our fourth blog, we look at the impact of Payment by Results.

This blog reveals results around how well PbR is understood by both sectors and whether respondents believe it will improve services.

This series of briefings explores some of the policy findings from our 2013 Annual Survey of Local Compacts in more depth. In our third blog, we look at perceptions of the Social Value Act.

This blog reveals the results around how well the Act is understood, whether respondents are having much involvement with the Act and how respondents perceive the Act’s potential.

This series of briefings explores some of the policy findings from our 2013 Annual Survey of Local Compacts in more depth. In our second blog, we explore our findings related to perceptions of the voluntary sector's independence.

This blog reveals results around the extent to which perceptions of independence vary between the public and voluntary sector.

This series of briefings explores some of the policy findings from our 2013 Annual Survey of Local Compacts in more depth. In our first blog, we look at the impact and perceptions of the new health and social care landscape.

This blog assesses the extent to which local Compacts are participating in and influencing partners in the new health landscape. Here, we also reveal which aspects of the new health structure Compact groups are engaging with.

Our annual survey has now closed, and I’ve begun the task of looking into the results. Some really interesting findings are beginning to emerge, which we’ll be sharing over the coming weeks in a series of blogs.

First of all, a huge thank you to everyone who has taken the time to complete our annual survey. As Tom explained in his last blog, the results from the survey help us understand what is working well in different areas across England, as well as what is not working so well. The findings also help us set our priorities for the coming year as we respond to what you’ve told us.

Secondly, our survey is open for another two weeks!

In our work, we all like to think that we have a positive impact, but in some jobs it is harder to measure than others. This is the third in a series of blogs exploring interesting trends to emerge from our 2012 annual survey of local Compacts. In this blog, we delve deep into the data in an attempt to assess the impact of local Compact work.