Home Truths: Undoing racism and delivering real diversity in the charity sector (June 2020)
ACEVO and Voice4Change England have published the final report from their year-long Making Diversity Count project titled, Home Truths: Undoing racism and delivering real diversity in the charity sector. The report is centred on the experiences and expertise of over 500 BAME p… Read more
Life in Lockdown with MS: Lived experience of those living with MS during lockdown. (June 2020)
This report from the MS Society highlights the issues people living with MS have been facing during the Coronavirus pandemic and how the Society have been able to support them. The results follow a survey conducted with 181 people on the UK MS Register. The report finds that… Read more
We Were Built for This: How community organisations helped us through the coronavirus crisis – and how we can build a better future. (June 2020)
This report looks at how community organisations reacted and adapted to the challenges of the crisis. It highlights the vital role that community organisations have played in meeting community need and supporting people during the Covid-19 crisis, as they are often quickest to mo… 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
Regulating in the public interest: The relationship between Charity, charities and the general public. (May 2020)
This report draws together the main findings of research conducted by the Commission to offer a better understanding of the relationship between the public’s view of Charity and charities, the role of regulation, and trustees’ views of public expectations of the Commission. A… Read more
Rising to the Challenge: Community-based youth work and Coronavirus. Findings from the Youth Scotland Action Fund (May 2020)
This report summarises why the Youth Action Scotland fund was needed, how Youth Scotland delivered it, and – most importantly – the impact which youth groups are making through support from the fund. Youth groups, enabled by the fund, have supported young people in three key w… Read more
The mental health effects of the first two months of lockdown and social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK (June 2020)
Report from IFS which suggests: "mental health in the UK worsened substantially as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic – by 8.1% on average and by much more for young adults and for women which are groups that already had lower levels of mental health before Covid-19. Hence ine… Read more
National Youth Agency research hub: Covid-19 surveys
A collection of surveys being undertaken in the UK youth sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. The database is UK-wide, and allows searches by UK country as well as topic. Links to surveys including Barnardo's, British Youth Council, Child Poverty Action Group, Youthlink Scotlan… Read more
Social sciences responding to COVID-19: research and policy hub
Research hub showcasing some leading examples of research, think-pieces and policy analysis across the full spectrum of the social sciences which contribute to understanding and tackling the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on society and economy. Academic focus and UK-wide… Read more