Charities responding to COVID-19
Note: Research covers England & Wales only. Summary Charities have had to rapidly adjust how they operate, turning services and support that were all about social contact into something online and remote. At the same time more people are seeking their help and their needs are… Read more
Community organisations, community activists & Covid-19: Poverty Alliance briefing.
This briefing from the Poverty Alliance highlights the experiences and perspectives from community organisations and community activists from across the Poverty Alliance network, on the impact that Covid-19 is having on them and the communities in which they live and work. Com… Read more
Social Enterprise Reset Week: Impact Report.
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
Impact of COVID-19 on voluntary health organisations: key messages (April 2020)
On 23rd April 2020 VHS held an online Zoom discussion with ten voluntary health organisations to share the findings of their research into the immediate impact COVID-19 on the voluntary health sector: https://vhscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/VHS-Briefing-impact-of-COV… Read more
COVID-19 Impact on Charities (June 2020)
On 05 May 2020, OSCR emailed the principal contacts of all Scottish charities to ask for their help with completing a short survey. The survey asked questions on the impact to the charity of coronavirus (COVID-19) and the subsequent lockdown measures. The research was conducted u… 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
Public opinion on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic (May 2020)
Webpage highlighting the latest Ipsos research data exploring public opinion and insights related to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Research includes an infographic snapshot of Ipsos MORI’s research into the UK's perception of coronavirus. https://www.ipsos.com/sites/def… Read more
Coronavirus and its impact on the Scottish voluntary sector – what do we know so far? (May 2020)
This briefing gives a summary of some of the key issues that Coronavirus is having on voluntary organisations, from the start of the crisis up until 20th May. The paper pulls together data from a range of surveys and intelligence gathered by third sector organisations and infrast… Read more
Local child poverty data (May 2020)
Summary of Scottish child poverty data, based on Loughborough University analysis of the new local child poverty data published by the Department for Work and Pensions on local child poverty across Britain from 2014/15 – 2018/19. New analysis published today has highlighted th… 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