Tony Chapman

Third Sector Trends in England and Wales 2022: Full suite of reports

Repository entry 1 February 2023

Third Sector Trends has been running since 2008. The study has been surveying the sector every three years since 2010 and as such is the largest survey of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector in England and Wales.

In 2022, 6,071 responses were received across England and Wales (an average of ~600 responses in each region). Des…

Community Businesses in the North of England 2020: New comparative analysis from the Third Sector Trends study

Repository entry 1 July 2020

This report compares the activities of local community businesses with those of other types of third sector organisation (TSOs) in the North of England. The report draws upon findings from the longitudinal Third Sector Trends study, which was most recently run again in 2019. Within the report, 2019 findings about community businesses are compar…

Striking a balance: A study of how community businesses in Bradford, Hartlepool and Middlesborough build working relationships with the public, private and third sector

Repository entry 1 September 2019

# Preview | Download ORC-2019-09-Striking a balance.pdf1MB Author(s) Tony Chapman Tanya Gray Citation Chapman, T. and Gray, T. (2019) Striking a balance: A study of how community businesses in Bradford, Hartlepool and Middlesborough build working relationships with the public, private

The Social Process of Supporting Small Charities: An Evaluation of the Lloyds Bank Foundation Grow Pilot Programme

Repository entry 1 November 2018

This independent evaluation examines the support delivered by Lloyds Bank Foundation to ten small charities with a turnover of less than £75,000 across areas of high deprivation in Redcar ad Cleveland and Neath Port Talbot. This support aimed to help build capacity through business planning, marketing, fundraising, service evaluation and volun…

How do community businesses differ from other voluntary and community organisations in the North of England?

Repository entry 1 October 2018

This report compares the activities of local community businesses with those of other types of third sector organisation (TSOs) in the North of England. To do so, it draws upon findings from the Third Sector Trends study which was undertaken in 2016. A total of 3,594 responses were gained from the survey which represents a response rate of 12.7…