Donations income also fell, particularly in 2022 - this appears to be less linked to the pandemic, and,As a result, difficulty fundraising has been one of the top challenges reported in the Scottish Third,UK, using a range of data sources including the Scottish Third Sector Tracker and CAF.,Although many organisations saw increases in fundraising and donations in the last 3 months of 2022,,these are outweighed by the number reporting decreases.

Based on a range of evidence, including Volunteer Scotland’s recent research report, ‘Testing our Resilience,, urging him to give meaningful support to charities and to the people we support.,the period April to July 2022, with a quarter seeing significant increases.,We are now seeing this play out in the current crisis, with the Charities Aid Foundation’s (CAF) UK Giving,Taking all this evidence into consideration, it is clear that volunteering is under considerable threat