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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

Steve Grozier

Research Officer

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Policy and Campaigns
About
Steve Grozier is a social research with experience of leading programmes of research for the public and voluntary sectors. Steve joined SCVO in 2020, where he developed and leads on the Scottish Third Sector Tracker for SCVO and partners. His research interests include, the socio-economic contribution of the voluntary sector; the sector as an employer; the financial health of the sector; the challenges facing the sector and the support it needs to thrive. He is also interested in research methodology and data visualisation.
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Latest posts by Steve Grozier

Things do not seem to be improving. Completion of wave 8 (Spring 2024) prompted me to look back two years at the report I wrote for wave 3 (Spring 2022). Back in 2022, six in ten organisations reported struggling financially, this number is now closer to eight in ten (7... Read more

“Budgets have been stretched to go further in order to cover increasing costs and so other activities have been curtailed or cancelled.” Inflation may have finally hit the Bank of England’s target rate, but only after three years of rising costs. The focus of much of the research... Read more

This report provides an overview of the key insights from the first six Waves of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker, from August 2021 to April 2023. Trends relating to key challenges, financial health, service delivery, staffing and volunteering, and emerging needs have been... Read more

The findings from wave seven of the Scottish third sector tracker indicate that financial pressures on third sector organisations continue to grow, with financial and cash flow restraints appearing in the top three challenges for the first time. Seventy-six percent of... Read more

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