2025 edition of the Welsh Third Sector Trends survey

The survey, designed by Professor Tony Chapman at Durham University will inform a Wales-specific Third Sector Trends report, which will allow Tony to compare key data about the voluntary sector in Wales and England.  

After another long period of ups and downs and twists and turns in the voluntary sector, Third Sector Trends in Wales is back to see how social, political and economic change has affected organisations like yours.

Many of you will have been helping us with this study every three years since 2019. We’re now asking you to take part again. And if you’re a new organisation, we’re just as keen to see what you do, how things are going and what you’re achieving.

Whether you’re big or small - thriving, struggling or just going along as normal - we need to hear from you. It’s quick and easy to do, interesting, and really helps to build a picture about how the voluntary sector responds to change and initiates change in society.

So if you’re an amateur sports, dance or gardening club, a village hall, a carers’ group, an arts organisation, a campaigning trust; or if you deliver social or health services, care for the environment or run a hostel or food bank – whatever you do, it’s important to us.

The study runs right across Wales and England – but its focus is still very local – looking at how the voluntary sector develops and works in areas like yours – whether the interests you serve are focused in a neighbourhood/village – or span national/international boundaries.

It’s completely confidential, incredibly relevant to the voluntary sector and those who support it and only happens every three years. So please tell us how it’s going and have your say on what you think the future holds.

Click here for the survey: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/durham/third-sector-trends-in-wales-2025