Charity employees have been asked to complete a survey about their wellbeing as burnout has been higlighted as the “biggest threat” facing the sector.
In 2020, a research project called Charity Well reported that two in five fundraisers believed that their charity’s chief executive did not understand their role and its challenges.
Five years on, a second Charity Well survey opened yesterday, this time asking charity workers across all roles and specialisms to take part.
The survey will be open until 5 March and its findings published in the June issue of Fundraising Magazine, with participants asked about their wellbeing, workplace challenges, and aspirations for a healthier work environment.
Claire Warner, founder of the research project, said: “While we saw glimpses of improved wellbeing in recent years, many conversations in the sector today highlight a renewed sense of strain, as multiple competing challenges are still in full effect.
“We’re relaunching this research to deepen our understanding of wellbeing today across all charity specialisms and to provide organisations with the data and tools to better support their teams.”
Warner aims to get responses from over 2,000 charity sector professionals, almost triple the number that responded to the original research.
‘Biggest threat’ to the sector is burnout
Claire Warner is a former charity senior leader who founded the Charity Well project in 2018 after recovering herself from a form of breast cancer.
Her research is being sponsored by JustGiving, consultancy Fundraising Everywhere, recruitment firm Charity People and technology company Lightful.
Amelia Lee, regional director at Charity People, said: “We hear about increasing demands on services and the urgent need to diversify income, as well as uncertainty about where the flexibility dial will eventually land.
“Right now, we believe the biggest threat to the charity sector is burnout. That’s why this research is so vital and why we decided to help make it happen.”
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