Found Wanting - Understanding journeys into and out of food insecurity: a longitudinal study
To tackle food insecurity, nothing is more important than an adequate and secure income. We have long known that action is therefore needed to bolster the social security safety net and to ensure work genuinely protects people from crisis through action, including by employe… Read more
We need to talk about smoking and poverty
This project set out to investigate why there is not more collaboration between public health and anti-poverty interests, given the clear shared aims of improving people’s well-being, and to explore changes that might help to address this. Methodology: semi-structured intervie… Read more
Guide to working and volunteering in the voluntary sector
This 2nd edition of our popular guide for young people about to leave school or at university (and anyone else) interested in working or volunteering in the voluntary sector includes new sections reflecting what young people told us they want to know most. Co-produced with you… Read more
Social Enterprise in Scotland Census 2019
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
Working with Scotland’s Communities 2018 - the Community Learning and Development (CLD) workforce
The Working with Scotland’s Communities 2018 report provides analysis of the CLD workforce, and highlights: - The reach of the CLD workforce as part of both the 3rd and public sectors, with an estimated 21,000 (full and part-time) paid practitioners in CLD roles across Scotlan… Read more
Engaging Libraries: Learning from Phase 1
The aim of Engaging Libraries Phase was to enable public libraries to pilot public engagement activities on health and wellbeing. Engaging Libraries: Learning from Phase 1 provides an overview of the 14 Engaging Libraries projects across 16 public library services, identifies fac… Read more
Nice People; Terrible System: CCPS survey of providers experiences of commissioning and procurement
In 2017 CCPS surveyed providers to understand their experience of commissioning and procurement over the preceding year. Sixty- eight providers of varying turnover, size and geographical reach gave their experience with twenty- five providers sharing a specific example of a recen… Read more
SCVO long-term funding survey and roundtable report 2013
Third Sector organisations across Scotland receive funding from right across the public sector, ranging from local authority departments to central government, through block grants, service level agreements and contracts commissioned or won through procurement exercises. Duri… Read more
SEFARI (Scottish Environment, Food and Agriculture Research Institutes) research gateway
SEFARI, the Scottish Environment, Food and Agriculture Research Institutes, is a consortium of six globally renowned research institutes. As SEFARI, these institutes deliver the Scottish Government funded Strategic Research Programme (SRP), which addresses key mid to longer-term… Read more
The Enabling State: Where are we now? Review of policy developments 2013-2018 Summary Report
An Enabling State is one that seeks to address stubborn inequalities of outcome and gives people and communities more control over the public services they receive to improve their own wellbeing. Summarising the evidence from across the four UK jurisdictions and over 180 sourc… Read more