Bridges & Beacons Presentation by Surrey Community Action.

I was delighted to be at the presentation of a new piece of research commissioned by Surrey Community Action this week. Titled Bridges and Beacon – State of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector. 

The programme was introduced by  CEO, Jason Gaskill who handed over to Amelia Hadfield and her team from the Centre for Britain and Europe from the University of Surrey, who had undertaken the research. The findings showed that the need in Surrey is rising and is unevenly distributed; many organisations are operating on very thin margins; collaboration is important but the capability to engage is uneven; and the strongest case for action is about funding (multi-year), partnership and infrastructure.