The Cumberland Lodge Report, Resilient Communities, examines opportunities for fostering social cohesion, in ways that help communities to be more resilient to disruptive events and developments and to reconfigure more effectively in their wake.

The report looks at recent events such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, the Grenfell Tower fire, the Windrush scandal, and the global climate and refugee crises.

The report calls for a ‘new social contract’ that promotes greater equality, increased opportunities and wider collective action, to create a more secure and sustainable future across society.

It makes 24 recommendations for UK policymakers and practitioners, centred around five core themes.

These include fostering stronger community leadership and decision-making, ensuring more voices are heard and included, looking at the meaningful impact of community resilience and building on shared wisdom.

The report also calls for greater support for small-scale charities and social-purpose organisations to help them survive and transition during the period of financial hardship caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and for leadership training to be available in every locality.

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## About SCVO

SCVO (Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations) is the national membership organisation for Scotland's voluntary sector.

Our role is to champion the role of voluntary organisations in Scotland and to support them to do work that has a positive impact.

SCVO supports members and the wider voluntary sector with all aspects of setting up and running a voluntary organisation. SCVO represents the needs and concerns of the voluntary sector to the Scottish government in Holyrood and UK government and Westminster. Through our learning and events programme SCVO offers training and development opportunities to the sector.

Members access an extensive membership benefits package including specialist, in-depth, 1-to-1 guidance from our Information Services team and from professional service partners.

Access to exclusive membership networks (including comms, employers, governance and policy) supports members to grow their connections, stay up to date, exchange ideas and views with peers, and learn through tailored, learning opportunities.

SCVO members enjoy free access to Funding Scotland Premium to stay on top of funding opportunities to support their organisation’s financial resilience.

Discounts and savings savings on SCVO products and services (including our HR service, managed IT support, payroll service and events and training) and partner offers provide members with support to allow them to focus on delivering their organisation’s goals. Further SCVO products and services include [extensive digital support](https://scvo.scot/support/digital), a climate action resource [Growing Climate Confidence](https://climateconfident.scot), a voluntary sector publication [Third Force News](https://tfn.scot) and a voluntary sector jobs and recruitment service [Goodmoves](https://goodmoves.org).

For more information on SCVO membership, visit [SCVO membership](https://scvo.scot/membership)