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Cost of Living Crisis

We have all seen the headlines in recent months about the cost of living crisis, it goes without saying that the volunteer and charity sector will be hard hit by this crisis.

MVA Reference Guide to Cost Cutting Measures

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We have seen the headlines in recent months about the Cost of Living Crisis and the voluntary and community sector is also being hit hard by this crisis. MVA has therefore been curating resources (see table below) that may help the VCS during this crisis.

MVA is also running a VCS poll on the Cost of Living Crisis to help monitor the impact and priorities for Medway’s VCS.

The latest data from this poll (28th November 2022) indicate that 91% of those polled have said the Cost of Living Crisis is having an impact on their organisations.

The top 3 areas identified as the most concerning:

  • Staff and Volunteer Costs 66%
  • Delivering Activities 71%
  • Utilities 60%
The Charity Excellence Framework has a recent update on the Cost of Living Crisis and how it is affecting organisations, as well as the recent UK Government Budget impact on Charities on 17th November 2022. The link is here: UK Charity Sector Cost Of Living Crisis Impact Forecast
Please note we are not responsible for any third-party websites, however we have tried to search for trusted sources wherever possible.

Please click on one of the cards below to view links to cost cutting measures for the area you are interested in.

Utilities

Staff and Volunteer Costs

Delivering Activities

Fundraising

Other

Medway Voluntary Action hosted a summit for Voluntary and Community Sector organisations/groups and other local stakeholders to network with their peers and explore the local response to the Cost of Living Crisis. Please find the presentations from this summit below:

MVA support that may be useful during the Cost of Living Crisis - Click here for presentation

The cost of Living crisis and its impact on the third sector – A perfect storm - Click here for presentation

Top ten tips for trust fundraising - Click here for presentation


Your Service Users/Local Residents: We have a dedicated page of resources that may help your service users and other local residents at this time - click here to visit this page

Keep an eye on our events listing page found here, as there may be some local support events that could be useful to you. If you have something to add to the events page as well, please submit an event.

Medway Voluntary Action are here to help organisations in Medway, now more than ever. We have a series of supporting measures such as Funding and Governance Club and even a one on one support service with organisations, please contact info@mva.org.uk or on 01634 812 850.