Culture sector - support needs: survey analysis

Appendix A: Survey questionnaire

Section One- Background Information

In this section, we wish to know a little bit about you and / or your organisation and what sources of funding you have accessed. This will help us to understand the diversity within the survey sample and it will allow us to see how opinions and experiences can vary across groups.

1. Are you responding as (please select one)

• An individual
• An organisation

2. If you are responding as an organisation, what is the name of your organisation (optional)

3. Please provide your organisation’s registered company / charity number, if applicable

4. What is your sector or organisation type?

• Culture (arts or creative industries) individual, organisation, group or company
• Culture (cultural heritage) individual, organisation, group or company
• Culture - public body
• Culture - local authority or culture trust
• Other public body
• University/Higher Education/Further Education
• Faith Group
• Representative or umbrella group
• Third Sector
• Union or Political Party
• Other

5. What is the first part of your postcode? (optional)

6. Which of the following best describes where your cultural or creative activity takes place?

• Within a single local authority in Scotland
• Within multiple local authorities in Scotland (but not Scotland-wide)
• Scotland-wide
• UK-wide/elsewhere in the UK
• Internationally
• Not applicable

7. If applicable, how many paid staff members does your organisation have (include both part-time and full-time staff members)?

• Self-employed only
• 1-10
• 11-25
• 26-50
• 51-100
• More than 100
• Not applicable
• Don't know

8. If you are responding as an organisation what is your annual turnover?

• Less than £10,000
• £10,000-£25,000
• £25,000-£100,000
• £100,000-£1 million
• Over £1 million
• Don't know
• Prefer not to say
• Not applicable

9. Have you or your organisation received funding (currently or in the past) from any of the following sources?

Public sources of funding

• Scottish Government - culture budget
• Scottish Government – other budgets
• Scottish Government -unknown budget
• Creative Scotland (including Screen Scotland)
• Local Authority Funding
• Public Funding Other sources
• No and do not intend to seek public sector funding in the future
• No but would like to seek public sector funding in the future

10. If you selected any of the options above please provide any relevant further details. For example:

• If it is regular / or ad-hoc funding
• The nature of the funding

11. Have you or your organisation received funding (currently or in the past) from any of the following sources?

Private sources of funding

• Philanthropic - individual donor
• Philanthropic - foundation
• Philanthropic - charitable trust
• Philanthropic - other (please state)
• Corporate – social giving
• Corporate - sponsorship
• Commercial income
• Other (please state)
• No and do not intend to seek private sector funding in the future
• No but would like to seek private sector funding in the future

12. If you selected any of the options above please provide any relevant further details. For example:

• If it is regular / or ad-hoc funding

• The nature of the funding

13. Have you or your organisation received funding (currently or in the past) from any of the following sources?

Third sector sources of funding

• Charities
• Voluntary organisations
• Not for profit organisations
• Other (please state)
• No and do not intend to seek third sector funding in the future
• No but would like to seek third sector funding in the future

14. If you selected any of the options above please provide any relevant further details. For example:

• If it is regular / or ad-hoc funding
• The nature of the funding

Section 2 - Applying for and receiving public sector support (financial and other)

In this section of the survey we wish to know more about anything that might prevent organisations / individuals accessing public sector support

15. Have you faced any difficulties applying for public sector funding?

• Yes
• No
• Not applicable - I/my organisation has not applied for public sector funding
• Prefer not to say

16. If you selected 'Yes' to the question above about difficulties applying for funding please select any of the following statements that may apply to you or your organisation and then provide more detail below:

• There is a general lack of available funding
• I/my organisation is not eligible for the funding that is available (please explain)
• I/my organisation applied for funding but it was unsuccessful (please explain)
• I/my organisation does not have the expertise to apply for funding
• I/my organisation does not have the capacity to apply for funding
• The funding application process is time consuming/off-putting
• The type of financial support or investment I/my organisation needs is not available (please explain)

17. Please provide further detail on any of the options you selected above

18. If you selected 'Not Applicable' to the question above about difficulties applying for funding please select any of the following statements that may apply to you or your organisation and then provide more detail below:

• I/We do not need additional public sector support due to self-funding
• I/We do not need additional public sector support due to receiving sufficient funding from the private sector
• I/We do not need additional public sector support due to receiving loans or investment from the private sector
• I/We do not need additional public sector support due to receiving sufficient funding from the third sector
• Other (please add detail below)

19. Please provide further detail on any of the options you selected above

Section 3 - Current experiences of public sector support

In this section we wish to know more about your current experiences. If you/your organisation does not receive any public sector support (currently or in the past) please go to section 4.

20. Who is your current and main provider of public sector support?

• Scottish Government
• Creative Scotland
• Culture and Business Scotland
• EventScotland
• Enterprise Agencies
• Local Authorities
• UK Government
• Other (please state below)
• Prefer not to say

21. If you selected 'other' for the question above about your main source of support please state who your main provider is:

22. What type of support do you receive from this organisation?

• Financial support only
• Business advice or support only
• Financial and business advice / support
• Financial and organisational / HR advice and support
• Financial and information, data or evidence provision
• Other

23. If you selected 'other' for the question above about what type of support you receive please state what:

24. Thinking about your experiences with your main provider of support (your answer to the earlier question) please rate to what extent you agree, or not,^[40] with the following statements:

• They have a strong and robust application process
• They provide a strong rationale for the funding they provide
• They provide clear guidance
• They have a transparent application process
• They provide clear feedback on unsuccessful applications
• They have funds that meet my needs
• They fund projects which support a wide variety of individuals
• Their funds have evolved and developed to meet the changing needs of the sector
• They work in partnership with others to create the best conditions for the arts, screen and creative industries to thrive
• They produce high quality industry intelligence
• They produce high quality best practice guidance for the sector

25. Do you have any further comments about your main provider of support?

Section 4 – Future support needs

In this final section of the survey we would like to know abut your support needs - now and in the future

26. Thinking about any potential support (other than direct financial support) that you need, to what extent do you agree, or not^[41], that the following types of support would be useful for you or your organisation?

• Support influencing policy on behalf of culture sector
• Representation of culture sector interests
• Sponsorship of groups, events or creative spaces
• Support with applying for grants
• Support promoting social impact
• Promotion and support for communication and networking between cultural organisations
• Promoting good practice among cultural organisations
• Research and evaluation support for cultural organisations
• The ability to share and access sector data
• Promotion and support for communication and networking between cultural organisations and statutory partners
• Support with generating trading income at home or abroad
• General business/operational support for running a cultural organisation / business
• Receiving information and advice (see question below)
• Support with procurement

27. If you selected that you would find 'information and support' useful please can you tell us more about what types of information and support you would find most useful?

For example, on topics relating to:

• International/Equalities/ Net Zero/Fair Work/Other

28. What one area of support or services do you currently find most helpful and needs to be retained?

29. Which, if any, of the following might you or your organisation usefully benefit from in the next 12-24 months? (select all that apply)

• Attracting new and young talent
• Attracting repayable / loan finance
• Attracting private investment
• Collaborating with others to succeed
• Developing digital capabilities
• Developing leadership capabilities
• Developing new products or services
• Developing your marketing strategy
• Developing your workforce
• Doing business in international markets
• Finding a business mentor
• Finding property solutions
• Improving environmental sustainability
• Improving your business practices
• Learning new business skills
• Managing your intellectual property
• Measuring impact
• Planning for business change and succession
• Preparing a business plan for growth
• Recovering from business difficulties
• Researching new opportunities
• Starting up a new business venture
• Tendering for public sector contracts
• Not applicable
• Other (please state)

30. If you selected 'other' to the above question about future support needs please state what here:

31. What would you say is the biggest gap in the provision of support for you / or your organisation?

32. Do you have any additional comments about any of the topics that were raised in this survey?