This is a follow-up survey to one we published in June 2020. The first survey sought to find out the impact of COVID-19 on women’s organisations – their sustainability, the impact on the services they deliver, their staff, and service-users. Women’s organisations were finding their way through the first national lockdown and the picture we got was of a sector that was worried on all fronts: funding and organisational survival; the ability to continue to support their service-users; adapting to new ways of working and new systems; and ensuring staff wellbeing. The situation was shown to be more pressing amongst all these categories for Black and minoritised women’s organisations.

Ten months on from our last survey and having now endured three national lockdowns, we wanted to see how women’s organisations across the UK were faring. Did the fears of women’s organisations come true in respect of more urgent needs amongst their service users and their own uncertain future? What are the emerging needs we need to look out for and resource? And what are the implications for the future needs of the sector?

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The Covid-19 Crisis and the UK Women's Sector (2020)