The Big Lottery Fund have commissioned Ekos Ltd. to conduct a piece of research into third sector organisations that are actively trading and delivering contracted services in local authority areas in Scotland. This research is important to us as it will help us build a map of this sort of activity across the whole of the country. This work will help us gather information which will help us to make better decisions on how to support this sector in the future. We also plan to make this information publicly available for others to use.
As part of this research, Ekos are now looking for organisations from this sector to take some time to fill in an online questionnaire. The questionnaire will take approximately 30 minutes to complete, but everyone who responds will have a choice to be entered into a prize draw to win a new Apple iPad.  The survey can be found at:

http://www.ekosonlineresearch.co.uk/biglotteryfundmappingstudy.htm

The closing date for completing this survey is 22nd November.

We hope that you will be happy to collaborate with us on what we consider to be an important piece of research, not just for the Big Lottery Fund, but for the whole social enterprise sector.

If you have any questions about the research please contact Mick McCart at EKOS Limited at Mick.McCart@ekos.co.uk or on 0141-3531994.