--- title: Neighbourly’s Autumn 2025 Community Survey Results description: "Key insights 1,340 local good causes across the UK and Ireland responded to our Autumn survey, helping us to understand more about their outlook, needs and challenges. • Demand Increase: Nearly four-fifths (79%) of organisations reported that demand for their services has increased over the past 6 months. Specifically, 43% noted demand had ‘Increased a lot’. • Cost of Living Crisis Impact: Organisations overwhelmingly anticipate severe effects this winter. A total of 90% expect the COL crisis to affect the people they support ‘Very significantly’ (56%) or ‘Quite significantly’ (34%). • Capacity Shortfall: Despite high demand, two-fifths (40%) confirmed they are currently unable to help people requesting support due to limitations in capacity or funding. 2025 Community Survey" image: https://blog.neighbourly.com/hubfs/iStock-1466734682.jpg --- [In the news](https://blog.neighbourly.com/tag/in-the-news) [General](https://blog.neighbourly.com/tag/general) [Charities & causes](https://blog.neighbourly.com/tag/charities-causes) [Product surplus](https://blog.neighbourly.com/tag/product-surplus) # Neighbourly’s Autumn 2025 Community Survey Results By [Jane Halstead](https://blog.neighbourly.com/author/jane-halstead) on December 22, 2025 [**Back](https://blog.neighbourly.com) Neighbourly’s Autumn 2025 Community Survey Results Share [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.neighbourly.com/neighbourlys-autumn-2025-community-survey-results%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.neighbourly.com/neighbourlys-autumn-2025-community-survey-results&media=https://7111797.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/7111797/iStock-1466734682.jpg](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.neighbourly.com/neighbourlys-autumn-2025-community-survey-results%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.neighbourly.com/neighbourlys-autumn-2025-community-survey-results&media=https://7111797.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/7111797/iStock-1466734682.jpg) ![Jane Halstead](https://blog.neighbourly.com/hubfs/unnamed.png) ###### Jane Halstead Brand & Comms Lead [** ](mailto:jane.halstead@neighbourly.com) [** Back to main blog](https://blog.neighbourly.com) Share [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.neighbourly.com/neighbourlys-autumn-2025-community-survey-results%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.neighbourly.com/neighbourlys-autumn-2025-community-survey-results&media=https://7111797.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/7111797/iStock-1466734682.jpg](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.neighbourly.com/neighbourlys-autumn-2025-community-survey-results%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.neighbourly.com/neighbourlys-autumn-2025-community-survey-results&media=https://7111797.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/7111797/iStock-1466734682.jpg) Read our full Autumn 2025 Community Insights [here](https://blog.neighbourly.com/hubfs/Neighbourly_Autumn%202025%20Community%20Survey%20Results.pdf). Key insights: - ** 1,340 local good causes **across the UK and Ireland responded to our Autumn survey, helping us to understand more about their outlook, needs and challenges. - **Demand Increase**: Nearly four-fifths (79%) of organisations reported that demand for their services has increased over the past 6 months. Specifically, 43% noted demand had ‘Increased a lot’. - **Cost of Living Crisis Impact**: Organisations overwhelmingly anticipate severe effects this winter. A total of 90% expect the COL crisis to affect the people they support ‘Very significantly’ (56%) or ‘Quite significantly’ (34%). - **Capacity Shortfall**: Despite high demand, two-fifths (40%) confirmed they are currently unable to help people requesting support due to limitations in capacity or funding. 2025 Community Survey - **Primary Focus Area**: The dominant focus across the network is addressing basic needs, with food poverty / food bank / community meals listed as the main focus area for 36% of all responding organisations. - **Reach**: The survey respondents collectively support a total number of over 509,000 people directly per week, with an average of 380 people supported per organisation, per week.   [** Previous Post](https://blog.neighbourly.com/a-victory-for-compassion-and-conservation) [View All](https://blog.neighbourly.com) [Next Post **](https://blog.neighbourly.com/press-release-1m-of-social-value-a-day-neighbourly-hits-2bn-milestone) ### Subscribe to the Neighbourly blog Stay connected with Neighbourly and receive new blog posts, insights & research findings directly in your inbox. ### Related Posts [![Neighbourly joins 50 major signatories in support of Universal Credit increase](https://blog.neighbourly.com/hubfs/GettyImages-1265067385%20(1)-1.jpg) ](https://blog.neighbourly.com/neighbourly-joins-50-major-signatories-in-support-of-universal-credit-increase) 4 min read [In the news](https://blog.neighbourly.com/tag/in-the-news) [General](https://blog.neighbourly.com/tag/general) ##### [Neighbourly joins 50 major signatories in support of Universal Credit increase](https://blog.neighbourly.com/neighbourly-joins-50-major-signatories-in-support-of-universal-credit-increase) By [Jane Halstead](https://blog.neighbourly.com/author/jane-halstead) on September 30, 2020 [ Continue Reading ](https://blog.neighbourly.com/neighbourly-joins-50-major-signatories-in-support-of-universal-credit-increase) [![Increased demand cited as greatest concern for small charities this winter](https://blog.neighbourly.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/61b8bdff5a438b21f29ae470-Aug-27-2024-02-26-29-1094-PM.jpg) ](https://blog.neighbourly.com/increased-demand-cited-as-greatest-concern-for-small-charities-this-winter) 6 min read [General](https://blog.neighbourly.com/tag/general) [Guides & Resources](https://blog.neighbourly.com/tag/guides-resources) [Charities & causes](https://blog.neighbourly.com/tag/charities-causes) [Case studies](https://blog.neighbourly.com/tag/case-studies) ##### [Increased demand cited as greatest concern for small charities this winter](https://blog.neighbourly.com/increased-demand-cited-as-greatest-concern-for-small-charities-this-winter) By [Isobel Gauld](https://blog.neighbourly.com/author/isobel-gauld) on December 14, 2021 A recent survey of over 1,200 small charities and local good causes in Neighbourly’s network has highlighted a rise in... 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