About This page pulls together key facts about the individual giving landscape in Scotland and the wider,Individual giving is an essential source of income for many charities and voluntary groups and helps,Key insights: donations, legacies and fundraising Individual giving from the general public was worth,Income from individual giving made up 15% of the Scottish charity sector’s income in 2023, down from,Fewer individuals are donating to charity, although many who do donate are giving larger amounts.

Based on a range of evidence, including Volunteer Scotland’s recent research report, ‘Testing our Resilience,More than half of voluntary organisations in Scotland reporting rising costs have seen their services,Volunteer Scotland and the STUC launched an updated Volunteer Charter in 2019 which sets out the key,We are now seeing this play out in the current crisis, with the Charities Aid Foundation’s (CAF) UK Giving,Recent research from Volunteer Scotland exploring the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on volunteers

CAF’s third report on giving in Scotland 2019 has just been published offering us another fine slice,For the third year in a row, the number of people in Scotland giving money to charities dropped.,But what the CAF report shows is that charities seem to be listening public concerns and moving away,their time, both formal and informal – for a review of research into volunteering see this research,research.