Latest survey reveals early effect of cuts to voluntary sector care provision
Posted on Friday 24 June 2011
CCPS has today published the fifth of its Service Provider Optimism surveys, a longitudinal study designed to track the way that major voluntary sector social care providers view their organisations' prospects and the environment in which they operate.
This iteration of the survey, which was carried out in May 2011, reveals the early impact of cuts and the extent of current financial pressures on voluntary sector providers. Over the last three months:
- 44% of providers responding to the survey report a downturn in business/turnover
- 58% report that the number of staff in employment have gone down
- 47% report a decrease in operating surpluses.
Meanwhile 93% of survey respondents have been notified of budget cuts to services in at least one Scottish local authority area for 2011/12, while 78% of respondents have experienced cuts in multiple areas. The survey findings will be disseminated by CCPS to a wide range of stakeholders, including key policy and decision makers.