People experiencing poverty and disadvantage are often the most affected by severe weather such as heat waves and flooding. Severe weather is likely to occur more often with a changing climate, increasing the demand for voluntary and community sector services.
The voluntary and community sector provides essential services to particularly vulnerable groups (e.g. those with chronic health conditions, elderly people) and those struggling to meet basic needs. However, very little is known about how the sector is currently affected by severe weather nor its capacity to build resilience for the future.
Why NCVO are undertaking this survey:
Voluntary and community sector organisations have a key role to play in responding to extreme weather and providing support to vulnerable people. The aim of this survey is to better understand how severe weather impacts voluntary and community organisations and their ability to provide services. Severe weather is projected to become worse with a changing climate and NCVO is interested in how much of a concern this is given the other pressures currently being faced.
Your participation in this survey will help NCVO gather evidence about how vulnerable the sector is to severe weather, to demonstrate the current level of concern and identify barriers to increasing preparedness. This will help NCVO to shape its future work and inform discussions with policy makers about how the sector can be better supported to contribute to national responses.
Any information provided will be treated as confidential and NCVO will ensure that no individual or organisation can be identified in any reports resulting from the survey.
To complete the survey, visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/882956N by Friday 12 September 2014.
For further information about NCVO’s work on climate change and the voluntary and community sector, visit: www.ncvo.org.uk/practical-support/impact/climate-change,
or contact Kate Lonsdale, Climate Change Senior Officer, on 0788 128 5493, or email: [email protected]