This data is supported by Volunteer Scotland’s The State of Volunteering in 2023 report which highlighted,The report also references a survey conducted by the Volunteer Action Plan Cost of Living Task Group,,to sustainable and inclusive volunteering which the Scottish Government committed to in the 2022 Volunteer,This is a big change from 2020/21, when 72% of Scottish charities decreased expenditure.,, and undertake vital environmental and medical research.

from OSCR, SCVO, the Annual Population Survey, the Scottish Third Sector Tracker and other sources. 1,Recruitment and retention challenges: Organisations report increasing difficulty filling posts, with,facts There are over 46,500 voluntary sector organisations in Scotland In a typical year, 4 in 5 households,voluntary sector spent £10.4bn on carrying out its activities In Scotland last year 830,000 people volunteered,are also social enterprises Learn more about the sector’s size and shape and get in touch with our research

Based on a range of evidence, including Volunteer Scotland’s recent research report, ‘Testing our Resilience,Rising debt levels are being reported to us, and there are real concerns for those households on low,In the Scottish Third Sector Tracker’s Third Wave, published in Spring 2022, 62% of organisations said,In a Scottish Government survey in May 2021, 44% of volunteer involving organisations reported insufficient,However, a Scottish Government survey of volunteer involving organisations in 2021 showed that many volunteers

The Scottish Third Sector TrackerSCVO’s State of the Sector statistics 2022.,The 2022/2023 Scottish Budget and the Resource Spending Review did not progress these calls.,A recent research report into net zero provision for voluntary organisations in Scotland by CEiS highlighted,, ‘Looking ahead to the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2020-21: Valuing the Third Sector’.,Between December 2021 and April 2022, 86% of organisations reported rising costs, a figure that is expected

The Scottish Third Sector Tracker SCVO’s State of the Sector statistics 2022.,In SCVO’s research, many organisations reported having had no increases in local or national government,In 2020/21, 40% of charities spent more than their income in 2020/21, with that rising to 46% of smaller,A recent research report into net zero provision for voluntary organisations in Scotland by CEiS highlighted,For example, the 2022/2023 Scottish Budget reduced the Third Sector Budget Line by £800,000, to £25.8