The Employee Engagement Survey supports SUs to measure the engagement and satisfaction of their staff and benchmark results against previous years, the sector and wider charity sector trends.

 

Sign ups for the Employee Engagement Survey 2025 is open! Click below to sign up to take part in the survey this cycle

Take a look at the 'key dates' section further down this page to see the important dates relating to this years survey cycle.

 

Employee Engagement Survey

We are celebrating 12 years of the Employee Engagement Survey in 2024, as we enter our 13th year of running the survey alongside Agenda Consulting! 

 

The Employee Engagement Survey enables you to measure and gain real insight into the engagement, experience and satisfaction of your staff. You also get to benchmark results against previous years (so you can measure progress), peers in the sector, and also against wider charity sector trends. 

 

Now more than ever it's important to understand what staff experience is like. As we know, research shows happy, engaged staff experience higher levels of wellbeing, job satisfaction and retention, alongside improved performance. Through this survey we are committed to providing our members with a high quality platform, data and insights through the power of the collective.

 

The survey itself is provided through a dedicated website for your SU/SA, branded with your logo and colours. The site also has a reporting portal where you can access your results and generate different reports, by department or demographic group, for example. You can then use the data as a launchpad for deeper conversations with staff in your SU, and for identifying and taking action to improve future employee experience.

Participants answer core questions, alongside open questions, and demographic questions, and staff complete the survey anonymously online. The core question set for the 2025 Employee Engagement is linked here 

 

Explore the Employee Engagement Unions Guide here, to find out more about what to expect when signing up for the survey. This guide will talk you through the process, timeline and resources available to you. 

 

How it works

Watch our introduction video below to find out more:

 

 

Our partners

Agenda Consulting is our trusted partner who helps us deliver the annual survey.  Agenda Consulting specialise in helping not-for-profit develop and sustain high levels of employee engagement. Agenda’s involvement offers external expertise and latest thinking on engagement and employee voice.

 

We have also worked alongside Atkinson HR Consulting to encourage SUs to access this resource. Atkinson HR Consulting specialise in creating change, building capacity and driving quality people management in values-driven organisations across the UK.  They work with a range of SUs and charities to provide support around staff engagement and culture.

 

 

Cost

The cost of participating in the Employee Engagement Survey in 2025 is £1,200 + VAT for affiliated members, and £2,400 + VAT for non-affiliated members. We’ve frozen the price for the survey this year so no price increases since 23/24.

 

Because of our collective buying power, the cost, including its special features, can be offered to SUs each year at a significantly discounted price. 

 

 

Key dates
 

 

Stage	Date
2025 expressions of interest & fact finds open	14/10/24
Information webinars about the 2025 survey	16/10/24 - 13.00-14.00  6/11/24 - 13.00-14.00 5/12/24 - 14.00-15.00
Fact find deadline submission	27/1/25
2025 survey fieldwork windows (when the survey is open with your staff for responses)	20/1/25 - 7/2/25  27/1/25 – 14/2/25 3/2/25 – 21/2/25 10/2/25 – 28/2/25
SUs select their benchmarking peers	10/2/25 – 28/2/25
Final date surveys can be open for responses	7/3/25
Reports become available	14/4/25

 

Any questions about the survey, please email: su.careers@nus.org.uk

 

Do you want to find out more?

We're hosting informative sessions about the Employee Engagement Survey in the coming weeks. If you want to attend, please sign up here.