How is COVID-19 affecting small UK charities working in international development? (June 2020)
A survey by the Small International Development Charities Network (SIDCN) of 53 small international development charities with annual incomes under £1m and employing fewer than 100 staff found that despite nearly three quarters (72 per cent) of respondents seeing demand for their… Read more
Access to food in emergencies: learning from Covid-19. (July 2020)
This report by the British Red Cross explores food insecurity during the coronavirus pandemic in the UK, as well as the policy, practice and guidance seeking to address it. Access to food in emergencies draws from a collection of national-level polling, interviews and evaluati… Read more
Gender and unpaid work. The impact of covid-19 on woman's caring roles. (July 2020)
This paper by Engender summarises the evidence on the gendered allocation of unpaid care for older and disabled people as well as childcare, housework, and household management. It describes how the Covid-19 lockdown has affected these patterns and analyses how they must be taken… Read more
OSCE Human Dimension Commitments and State Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic (July 2020)
This report is the culmination of ODIHR's efforts to respond to human rights challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the OSCE. It aims to help OSCE participating States learn lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic in order to strengthen their institutions ahead of fu… Read more
COVID-19 Response Report (June 2020)
This report from the Good Things Foundation states that digital has instantly become a universal need, and those without it are also those who have been hardest hit. Lockdown has exposed the cost of digital exclusion more clearly than ever before, and this cost is set to continue… Read more
The right foundations: Building a just and sustainable country after coronavirus. (July 2020)
This paper, published by CHEX, argues that by building on the community-led response to Covid-19 and by making use of ways for everyone to take part (e.g. citizens assemblies) we can build a more just and sustainable country which really begins to tackle long-term health inequali… Read more
The UK Civil Society Almanac 2020. (July 2020)
The Almanac gives an overview of the voluntary sector’s scope and characteristics, including its finances, workforce, and volunteering. This year's Almanac draws on data from the 2017/18 financial year. The Almanac dataset was developed in partnership with the Third Sector Re… Read more
Navigating Times of Crisis to Protect Regular Giving: Sector insights on regular giving during the coronavirus pandemic, with lessons for the future. (June 2020)
Rapidata, part of The Access Group, surveyed 87 charities of different sizes and supporting a range of causes on how they have adapted their communications to the Covid-19 crisis, for its report Navigating Times of Crisis to Protect Regular Giving. The UK’s lockdown came into… Read more
The mental health emergency: How has the coronavirus pandemic impacted our mental health? (June 2020)
A survey of more than 16,000 people during lockdown by the charity Mind has revealed the scale of the impact of the pandemic on people with mental health problems. Two out of three (65 per cent) adults over 25 and three-quarters (75 per cent) of young people aged 13-24 with an… Read more
Building Scotland's Green Recovery (June 2020)
This plan from the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) sets out their vision for a Green Recovery from the COVID-19 crisis with a call for the Scottish and UK governments to deliver an ambitious ‘green stimulus’ to kick-start the economy, create new green jobs an… Read more