Trust, power and collaboration: Human Learning Systems approaches in voluntary and community organisations (July 2020)
Trust, power and collaboration shares practical suggestions for taking a ‘human learning systems’ approach to commissioning and funding relationships. The paper aimed to capture the varying experiences of those adapting their practice, and identify both what is happening and what… Read more
Below the radar: Exploring grants data for grassroots organisations (August 2020)
This paper uses the 360Giving dataset to find and explore grassroots non-profit organisations operating at the local community or neighbourhood level. Such organisations are vital to UK civil society but often fall ‘below the radar’, and have previously been under-represented in… 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
SCVO Research Briefing: State of the Sector, pre-Coronavirus (June 2020)
This briefing gives an overview of the financial profile of the regulated Scottish voluntary sector in 2018, giving us a baseline for understanding sector funding and assets pre- and post-Coronavirus. It covers Scottish charities, housing associations and credit unions. All the d… Read more
Impact on the Charity Sector During Coronavirus (June 2020).
This report from the Institute of Fundraising draws on the findings of a survey carried out between 30th April to the 25th May 2020. It should be noted that respondents are more likely to be larger charities, located in London and the south of England, working at a national and i… Read more
Third Sector Resilience Fund - summary of submissions to the Local Government and Communities Committee. (May 2020)
This paper summarises the responses to the Local Government and Communities Committee’s call to Third Sector Interfaces (TSIs) to submit views on the Scottish Government’s Third Sector Resilience Fund (TSRF). The Committee received 17 submissions from TSIs across Scotland, as… Read more
Legacy Forecasts
Last updated June 2020 Legacy Foresight have updated their five-year UK market forecasts to take into account the very latest information on deaths, economic projections and administrative delays due to COVID-19. All of these factors have deteriorated since scenarios were p… Read more
Response, Recovery and Resilience Fund: A rapid evaluation of the first £1,000,000 distributed by Foundation Scotland (May 2020)
Foundation Scotland launched the Response, Recovery and Resilience Fund on Friday 27th March 2020 with funding from the National Emergencies Trust (NET). The overall aim of the Fund was to help those most affected by the recent coronavirus outbreak. In order to quickly evaluate… Read more
Third Sector Resilience Fund - summary of phase 1 (May 2020)
Letter to Members of the Local Government and Communities Committee summarising the first phase of the Third Sector Resilience Fund: - Levels of applications and awards made - Details of awards by organisation type and size - Level of demand - future of fund Grant applic… Read more
Briefing 3: Getting ready for the fallout - the challenges faced by VCSE leaders during the Covid-19 crisis (April 2020)
This third IVAR Coronavirus/ COVID19 briefing shares the experiences of 37 charities shared between 9 and 16 April 2020, and reflections on the questions and opportunities for funders that they raise. Three weeks into the Covid-19 lockdown, VCSE leaders are feeling unsettled.… Read more