Research and analysis

Cause for complaint? (RS11)

Charity Commission research into how charities manage complaints about their services.

• From: The Charity Commission
• Published: 1 May 2006

Applies to England and Wales

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Cause for complaint? (RS11)

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Research into one aspect of charities’ customer service: the extent and quality of charities’ management of complaints about the services they provide.

The research focused on:

• how charities deal with complaints from service users when things go wrong
• how charities deal with serious complaints that can’t be dealt with amicably
• how an effective complaints management system can maintain and build relationships with the people on whom the charity depends

77% of interviewees from small- and medium-sized charities thought, incorrectly, that the Charity Commission is responsible for helping to advise on, manage and resolve difficult complaints about services provided by charities.

Published 1 May 2006