The Charity Commission is collaborating with the Ethical Property Foundation on a survey about charities’ property experiences.

Part of research commissioned by the Foundation to learn more about property issues affecting charities, the survey aims to identify solutions to the issues charities face in this area.

Jo Taylor, director of the Foundation, said: “As charities tighten their belts, cutting property costs and making money from property are becoming even more important. The Foundation is delighted to be working with the Charity Commission to ensure property is a boost, rather than a burden, for charities.”

The Ethical Property Foundation has been offering advice about property issues to charities and community groups since 2005. The group has helped more than 2,000 organisations rent, buy, let or manage property to date through its Property Advice Service.

Independent consultant Campbell Tickell has been commissioned by the Foundation to research charity property issues and their causes. The findings from this survey are to be supplemented by research interviews with figures in both the charity and property sectors, in order to give the Foundation material to identify and tackle charities’ common property difficulties.

Interested participants can fill in the property survey online on the Charity Commission’s website.

• The Charity Property Conference is taking place in London on Monday 15 October - a must-attend event for all those with responsibility for their charity's property portfolio.  To read the programme and book your place, click here.