Based on a range of evidence, including Volunteer Scotland’s recent research report, ‘Testing our Resilience,the Covid-19 pandemic that volunteering budgets can be deprioritised when facing financial challenge,Reduction in volunteer participation The Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on volunteer participation,Recent research from Volunteer Scotland exploring the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on volunteers,which could be impacting on volunteer participation rates.

Last October, SCVO gave evidence to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee.,Over the last 11 months, Covid 19, inflation and the resulting cost-of-living crisis have put enormous,Years of underfunding, followed by Covid 19, and the running costs crisis, however, mean these ambitions,A recent research report into net zero provision for voluntary organisations in Scotland by CEiS highlighted,In recent research carried out by SCVO, voluntary organisations pointed to the cumulative impact of consequences

, the sector's contribution to the economy, and research on the impact of the pandemic on the Scottish,If you currently work with volunteers, will how you work with volunteers change over the 2020s?,SCVO’s evidence library contains hundreds of recent reports, all produced by or about voluntary sector,One such report is from Volunteer Scotland and Ipsos Mori on the impact of coronavirus on volunteer participation,SCVO carried out literature reviews in September 2020 and March 2021 covering research on coronavirus