Beyond Reserves - How charities can make their reserves work harder
Reserves are the main resource of any organisation within our sector. However they are often not considered as a source of funding or asan asset to be managed, but rather as something which should be protected and preserved. There are many useful guides to reserves planning, b… Read more
Thinking Big: how to use theory of change for systems change
Many third sector organisations are trying to make a difference to difficult and persistent social problems like substance misuse, homelessness, and generational disadvantage. These are systemic problems as much as individual ones. Consequently, more and more organisations that h… Read more
AIM2Flourish: Sustainable Development Goals / Social Enterprise case studies
Using the AIM2Flourish model and the UN SDGs as their lens, students from Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), and other universities around the world, research and identify a specific innovation and interview a business leader about it. The case studies show which SDGs the i… Read more
Social Landscape 2017
CAF survey of 400+ UK charity chief executives. Key findings: - almost one in five fear their organisation is struggling to survive, rising to more than one in four among charities with an annual income less than £1 million. - Rising demand and an increasingly tough financia… Read more
Research into the Funding of Rural Community Buildings and their Associated Benefits
Rural Partnerships Limited, in association with the University of Gloucestershire and CJC Consulting, was commissioned by Defra in April 2005 to research the funding of rural community buildings (RCBs) and the benefits which they provide to individuals, local communities and the… Read more
Informing Future Approaches to Tackling Multiple Deprivation in Communities: Beyond the Fairer Scotland Fund
The Fairer Scotland Fund (FSF) was established in 2008 and brought together seven separate funds which had been targeted at tackling deprivation in Scotland. In January 2009, the Scottish Government commissioned research on the development and implementation of the FSF by Communi… Read more
Developing a Voluntary Sector Insight into the Future of Scotland
In early 2005, SCVO?s policy committee commissioned a ?Lead Group? of senior representatives from and connected to the voluntary sector to develop an initial insight into the future of Scotland from the perspective of voluntary organisations. To inform the Lead Group?s report, a… Read more
Making good society: Final report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society in the UK and Ireland
This report argues that civil society has been pushed to the margins in key areas including politics, finance and the media and that this must change. It explores how civil society activity can help grow a more civil economy, enable a rapid and just transition to a low carbon eco… Read more
Task Force on Sustainable Lifestyles
The findings presented here are from a four-year project to explore ways to engage, exemplify, enable and encourage people, civil society organisations and governments to further sustainability in people's everyday lives. The international Marrakech Task Force on Sustainable Life… Read more
Making the Case for the Social Sciences: No.3 - Sustainabilty, the Environment and Climate Change
For several decades scientists have argued that the increasing demands being placed on the planet?s resources are in the long run unsustainable. The precise consequences of the growing global population for climate change remain uncertain in their timing and distribution but we a… Read more