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Third sector engagement and participation in the learning and skills sector: quantative research

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RespondentID CollectorID StartDate EndDate Which of the following categories best describes your organisation? (Please select all that apply) Which of the following activities does your organisation undertake? (Please select all that apply) Which geographical level does your organisation operate at? (Please select all that apply) Is education, learning or teaching one of your aims as set out in your legal statement of purpose and/or mission statement? Do you provide any of the following services in relation to learning and skills? (Please select all that apply) Which of the following people does your organisation target for the delivery of learning and skills? (please select all that apply) In working with any of the groups above please enter how many of each you have worked with over the past 12 months - in the boxes below - YOU CAN ONLY ENTER NUMBERS HERE Does your organisation collect any data on the impact of your learning and skills services? If so, please indicate which of the following you collect data on: (Please select all that apply) What is the approximate annual income of your organisation? (From all sources) Does your organisation receive funding from any of the following sources? (Please select all that apply) Which of the above do you consider to be your main source of income? (Please state in the space below) Which of the following learning and skills activities do you receive funding to provide? (Please select all that apply) Is your organisation part of one or more consortium or partnership which accesses funding for the delivery of learning and skills? What is your role within the consortium or partnership? Select all that apply Which other types of organisations are participants/members of the consortium? (Please select all that apply) Which type of organisation listed above leads the consortium? (Please state in the space below – unless your organisation leads the consortium itself) Have you accessed any capital funding in the last 3 years? (This includes funding received for property repairs and/or improvements.) If you did access capital funding in the last 3 years, please indicate in the box below the source and what the funds were used for. Have recent policy, planning and funding changes in learning and skills had an impact on your organisation? Which of the following impacts has your organisation experienced as a result of recent policy, planning and funding changes? (Please select all that apply) If you are part of a consortium or supply chain to provide learning and skills, which of the following support needs do you consider as critical for its future? (Please select all that apply) Which of the following service provider support needs are critical to your workforce over the next 24 months? (Please select all that apply) Are you aware of the support services provided by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) If you aware of these LSIS support services, do you use them? If yes, please state which LSIS services you use in the space below If no, please tell us briefly why you do not use these LSIS services in the space below Are you aware of the support services provided by National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)? If you aware of these NIACE support services, do you use them? If yes, please state which NIACE services you use in the space below If no, please tell us briefly why you do not use these NIACE services in the space below Are there any other support services which you feel could be beneficial for your organisation? (Please state in the space below) Do you have a Skills Funding Agency UK Provider Reference Number (UKPRN)?
1. Registered Charity 2. Company Limited by Guarantee 3. Community Interest Company (CIC) 4. Co-operative or Mutual 5. Industrial and Provident Society 6. Unincorporated Charity or Community Organisation 7. Trust or Foundation 8. Don’t Know/Not Sure 9. Other (please state in the space below) Other (please specify) 1. Business and Professional Association or Union 2. Culture, Recreation and Sport 3. Community, Economic and Social Development 4. Adult or Vocational Education 5. Employment and Training 6. Environmental Conservation or Animal Protection 7. Grant-making foundation 8. Health 9. Housing 10. International Activities 11. Law, advocacy and politics 12. Parent Teacher Association 13. Playgroups and Nurseries 14. Religious Congregations or Associations 15. Research 16. Scout Group or Youth Club 17. Social Services 18. Umbrella Body 19. Village Hall 20. Other (please state in the space below) Other (please specify) 1. Neighbourhood or community 2. District 3. County or sub-region 4. Region 5. National 6. International 7. Don’t Know/Not Sure 8. Other (please state in the space below) Other (please specify) Response Other (please specify) 1. Outreach Activities 2. Information, Advice and Guidance 3. Learner support 4. Employment Services 5. None 6. Don’t Know/Not Sure 7. Other (please state in the space below) Other (please specify) 1. People with learning difficulties 2. Young people not in training, education or employment 3. People with mental health issues 4. Offenders and/or ex-offenders 5. Older people 6. People in deprived areas 7. Unemployed people 8. Young people and children 9. People with low level or no formal qualifications 10. Refugees and asylum seekers 11. Speakers of Other Languages 12. People with physical disabilities 13. Other (please state in the space below) Other (please specify) 1. People with learning difficulties 2. Young people not in training, education or employment 3. People with mental health issues 4. Offenders and/or ex-offenders 5. Older people 6. People in deprived areas 7. Unemployed people 8. Young people and children 9. People with low level or no formal qualifications 10. Refugees and asylum seekers 11. Speakers of Other Languages 12. People with physical disabilities 13. Don’t Know/Not Sure 1. Qualifications gained 2. Progression to further learning 3. Employment status prior to engagement 4. Employment status post-engagement 5. Progression to volunteering 6. Impact on offending behavior 7. Impact on housing 8. Impact on health 9. Social Return on Investment 10. Other (please state in the space below) Other (please specify) Response Other (please specify) 1. Donations and fundraising 2. Membership fees and subscriptions 3. Grants from non-statutory bodies 4. National Lottery funding 5. Grants from statutory bodies 6. Payments for contracted services 7 From contracted sources - Skills Funding Agency (SFA) 8 From contracted sources - Education Funding Agency/YPLA 9 From contracted sources - Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) 10 From contracted sources - Local authority 11 From contracted sources - PCT or Strategic Health Authority Other. Please state 12. Payments for sub-contracted services. If so, please identify from the following sources: 13 From sub-contracting - FE college 14 From sub-contracting - Private sector organisation 15 From sub-contracting - Local authority 16 From sub-contracting - Third sector organisation 17 From other sub-contracted sources - Please state 18. Income from traded goods 19. Income from investments 20. Corporate grants and gifts 21. Don’t Know/Not Sure 22. Other (please state in the space below) Other (please specify) Open-Ended Response 1. Single Adult Skills 2. Apprenticeships 3. Offender Learning 4. Adult and Community Learning 5. European Social Fund provision 6. Young People (ages 16-19) 7. Work Programme-related 8. Other (please state in the space below) Other (please specify) Response Number of consortia 1. We lead the consortium or partnership 2. We are a participant 3. Don’t Know/Not Sure 4. Other (please state in the space below) Other (please specify) 1. Third sector 2. Further education college 3. Local authority 4. Private company 5. University 6. Don’t Know/Not Sure 7. Other (please state in the space below) Other (please specify) Open-Ended Response Response Capital funding used for? Response Other (please specify) 1. It has had an impact on the quality of provision 2. It has had an impact on the volume of provision 3. It has had an impact on tendering for funding 4. It has had an impact on bidding for funding in partnership with other organisations 5. It has had an impact on developments to scale up delivery or access higher value contracts Please use the space below to briefly explain which recent policy, planning and funding changes have had an impact and what the effect has been on your organisation Other (please specify) 1. Identifying sources of funding 2. Applying for grants and preparing bids 3. Fundraising capabilities and techniques 4. Consortia development and partnership working 5. Pooling resources to compete for larger contracts etc. 6. Developing effective relationships between prime contractors and sub-contractors 7. Don’t know/Not Sure 8. Other (please state in the space below) Other (please specify) 1. Continuing professional development 2. Quality assurance and improvement 3. Curriculum development 4. Teaching and other delivery skills 5. Identifying sources of funding 6. Tendering and contracting (especially larger contracts) 7. Consortia development and partnership work 8. Management Information Services 9. Shared services 10. Information, Advice and Guidance 11. Recruitment and retention 12. Help to implement Advanced Learning Loans 13. Don’t Know/Not Sure 14. Other (please state in the space below) Other (please specify) Response Response Open-Ended Response Open-Ended Response Response Response Open-Ended Response Open-Ended Response Open-Ended Response Response