What our Members say

What our members say – comments received from the October 2025 survey.

In preparation for work on our strategy and as part of an ongoing commitment to use our members’ feedback to inform our activities, we surveyed our members.

• Your approach is excellent in that you work with us and not just for us. Long may it continue.
• Great help with signposting to relevant grant.
• The CVS has been very helpful over the years however, age and health related issues together with increasing rules and regulations from the Charity Commission have made it impossible to carry on.
• Our group has benefitted from the services of CVS in terms of shaping the group.
• The services provided by the DDCVS is invaluable by helping new groups setting up and offering help and advice to groups needing grants for projects.
• Thank you for your information and support in the past year.
• You gave us very helpful advice on funding and we will get back to you sometime about it.
• Always very supportive and available for advice and help. Much appreciated!
• DDCVS have always been a very positive and supportive.
• Polly has been our support and she has been so helpful and very positive, Thank you
• I am confident DDCVS will evolve from the current excellent people and approach to something even more useful to local community organisations and charities in the future.
• The printing service has been useful, thanks.
• Thank you for all your hard work and positivity.
• I really value the work that you do. I find your newsletter very informative and always take something from it. Thank you for all that you do.
• The incredible support in obtaining funding for our projects is much appreciated.
• Teams meetings or face to face contact Thank you for everything you already do.
• The service from the DDCVS is fantastic. Just keep fighting the good fight.