The Charity & Not for Profit sector today: An employee and volunteer viewpoint www.linkedin.com/ @LucasFettes lucasfettes.co.uk/ company/lucas-fettes charitiesandnfp Key findings of an online survey of 294 charity and not for profit employees and volunteers A challenging time for the sector, especially financially... Proud to be a trusted supplier to the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Full report coming soon! Follow us for your copy. A happy, fulfilled workforce… but a need to feel valued 79% of employees believe charities face more challenges today than 3 years ago 82% of volunteers and... Loss of funding is the single biggest challenge... are not at all confident in their organisation’s ability to deal with this challenge 18% of employees and 16% of volunteers Concerns about major risks Only 39% of employees and 21% don’t know are very or quite confident that their organisation is well equipped to deal with pension liabilities or deficits, 12% and 35% respectively don’t know are very or quite confident that their organisation is well equipped to deal with cyber risk. Only 47% of employees and volunteers Just over 57% of employees are very or quite confident that their organisation is well equipped to deal with claims against it are very or quite confident that their organisation is well equipped to deal with employment disputes Only 56% of employees Only 58% of employees and 49% of volunteers are very or quite confident that their organisation is well equipped to deal with trustee liabilities enjoy their job and 69% find it rewarding Less than 2% of employees dislike their job, compared to a national average of 49%* 68% of employees 22% find their job stressful, compared to a national average of 34% † 52% of employees don’t know if their employer provides them with employee benefits... and 50% don’t know if their employer is planning to introduce a workplace pension scheme due to automatic enrolment Only 39% of employees told us they feel valued at work. 9% stated that they feel undervalued 78% of volunteers volunteer because they enjoy it and 72% do so because they respect the organisation’s work 88% of employees and 91% of volunteers are very or quite confident that their organisation will continue to provide a high quality service 20% of employees are not at all confident in their organisation’s ability to retain staff Retaining high quality staff is a greater concern than recruiting them *Source: A survey of 2,000 workers by small business banking company Kalixa Pro found that 49% disliked their role and were seriously thinking about changing their job. † Source: A survey from Populus revealed that 34% felt their working life made them feel very or quite stressed.