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The Evidence Library is a resource for anyone interested in the voluntary sector in Scotland. Managed by SCVO, the library signposts to research and evidence produced by, or on, the voluntary sector. For further information email: research@scvo.org.uk.

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Email the title, author, date published, web link or attachment, and a short description to research@scvo.org.uk.

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Supporting Scottish Communities During Covid-19. (December 2020)

Community Resources Network Scotland (CRNS)
2020-12-01

CRNS have published their impact report on supporting Scottish communities during Covid-19. The report covers: Beyond Covid-19 – 2020 has been a tremendously difficult year for the community resources sector. Many organisations stopped trading overnight at the start of lo… Read more

North Ayrshire: A case study on Kindness. (September 2020)

Ben Thurman
2020-10-01

In 2018, the Carnegie UK Trust was invited to work in partnership with North Ayrshire Council, to explore what it would mean to embed kindness across a local authority, and what that might achieve. This report tells the story of that two-year journey. This ‘case study on kindn… Read more

Social Enterprise Reset Week: Impact Report.

Social Entrepreneurs Network Scotland (Senscot)
2020-06-08

This report from SenScot captures the outcomes from events that took place during SE Reset Week (w/c May 11th). Senscot hosted a series of conversations with community-based social enterprises to determine their support and resource requirements over the medium to longer-term.… Read more

COVID-19 and the impact on Social Enterprise in Scotland

Social Enterprise Scotland
2020-04-20

The data in this report has been drawn from a variety of sources: our own experience, members' feedback from individual phone calls, data collated regarding emergency fund applications, the 2019 Census and survey information collected by others. Part one – Sector analysis a.… Read more

The Road Ahead 2020

NCVO
2020-02-11

NCVO report on the forces and trends that will affect charities in 2020. The report was developed using a PEST analysis to highlight the key drivers shaping the sector in four areas: political, economic, social and technological. Key topics - Brexit - uncertain economy… Read more

DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates 2017 (provisional): Gross Value Added

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
2019-12-09

This release provides estimates of the contribution of DCMS Sectors to the UK economy, measured by gross value added (GVA). This includes an estimate of the CIVIL SOCIETY sector. [see also: the NCVO Almanac for an estimate of the economic contribution of the voluntary sector:… Read more

Social Enterprise in Glasgow (2013)

Social Value Lab
2019-11-18

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Public Sector Funding Briefing (2015)

SCVO
2019-11-11

Briefing on public sector income sources coming into the third sector, based on the detailed analysis of a selected sample of 800 charity accounts and reports for the financial year 2012-13. Key findings  Cuts to public sector budgets have started to have a real impact on th… Read more

Social Enterprise in Scotland Census 2019

Social Value Lab
2019-09-04

The Social Enterprise Census is a comprehensive account of social enterprise activity in Scotland. Every two years the project reports on the scale, reach and contribution of social enterprise activity across the country as well as the characteristics, prospects and needs of th… Read more

2010 National Survey of Charities and Social Enterprises

CabinetOffice
2011-07-04

The results of the 2010 National Survey of Charities and Social Enterprises (NSCSE) are released today, providing a tool for citizens, communities, the sector and all levels of government to understand the environment within the sector and how this has changed since the 2008 publ… Read more

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