Help us to help you with this short survey
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WATCH: Introduction to the OTN community members’ survey from our Director Kieran [1 minute].
ARE YOU a member of an Open Table community?
If so, we’d really appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to complete a short survey about what your Open Table community and the Open Table Network mean for you.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are a leader or volunteer in an Open Table community, please DO NOT complete this survey. We will share another survey for you in November 2025.
Back in 2021 some of our community members took part in a similar survey. The findings shaped our Case For Support, guided our work and gave us strong evidence to secure funding by showing the real impact of our communities.
Since then, our network of communities has more than doubled in size, and there are hundreds of stories we haven't heard.
Now we’re updating this research, we're delighted that Simon Pickering, who worked with us on our 2021 report, has agreed to work with us again to help us see what’s changed. We’re looking ahead to the next five years to plan more support for our current communities and to establish even more communities. Your responses will help us ask funders for what we need to support you, do more of what you value most, and keep building on what we do best.
There are 24 questions - all optional, and mostly multiple choice - so it won’t take long, and your feedback will really make a difference.
Click here to complete the survey.
This survey is open until 9am on Wednesday 12th November 2025.
If you’d like to do more, you can also volunteer for an optional online focus group and / or take part in a 1-1 phone or video interview. If you’re interested, please leave your details at the end - they’ll only be used for this research.
If you’d like to know more about the survey or our fundraising plans, do please get in touch, we'd love to hear from you!
