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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

Evidence library

About

The evidence library is a resource for anyone interested in the voluntary sector in Scotland. Managed by SCVO, the library signposts to research and evidence produced by, or on, the voluntary sector. For further information email: research@scvo.scot.

Submit your own research

Email the title, author, date published, web link or attachment, and a short description to research@scvo.scot.

CAF UK Giving 2021

Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) CAF 29 November 2021

Coronavirus / COVID-19 Funding and economy

This UK Giving report sets out the continuing impact that the pandemic is having on people’s giving behaviours. It is based on monthly online interviews throughout 2020, and includes more recent polling in 2021 as restrictions began to lift (c. 22,000 interviews in total).

Key facts

People in the UK gave £11.3 billion to charity in 2020, up from £10.6 billion in 2019
The number of people giving to charity has dropped, but those who are giving are giving more
Cash giving has reached its lowest level ever
Increase in requests for online donations (30% asked to give online in 2020, up from 24% in 2019)
Trust in charities increased in 2020, and remains higher than pre-pandemic.