2008 Local Pilots

This report presents a summary of the findings from three local area surveys of unregistered charities, social enterprises and voluntary and community groups. The surveys were conducted by Ipsos MORI on behalf of the Office for Civil Society (OCS) as part of its ongoing work linked to the National Survey of Charities and Social Enterprises (NSCSE), and explore the possibilities for conducting local surveys of charities, social enterprises and voluntary and community groups, based on local contact information.

The document reports on:

• The findings of the local surveys
• The nature of the surveys and their implications for the National Survey of Charities and Social Enterprises
• Learning from local teams on conducting such surveys and lessons for organisations interested in conducting similar local surveys

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Please note that this report was published in 2009, prior to the simplification of the survey title to National Survey of Charities and Social Enterprises. This document therefore refers to the previous survey title of National Survey of Third Sector Organisations, in addition to Office for the Third Sector (now Office for Civil Society) and third sector organisations (which includes charities, social enterprises and voluntary and community groups).