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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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 Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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Wave four findings - summer 2022

The findings from the fourth wave of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker are available now.,Key findings — summary report The wave 4 summary report presented key insights into Scotland’s third,of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker showed the impact of rising costs becoming increasingly apparent,, both for third sector organisations and the communities they work with.,Rising costs were not the only challenge third sector organisations reporting facing in the three months

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/wave-4

Wave three findings - spring 2022

The findings from the third wave of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker are available here.,Key findings Scotland’s third sector organisations continued to face challenges in spring 2022, particularly,For the majority of third sector organisations, online played a large part in their day-to-day management,Infographic summary The challenge of rising costs and hybrid methods of administration and delivery This wave,of the survey also included three open-ended questions asking respondents about: . the main challenges

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/wave-3

Introduction This paper considers the available literature and data on the resilience of Scottish voluntary,By examining the sector's response to events such as the Covid 19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis,, alongside long-term trends from the Scottish third sector tracker, we draw conclusions about the sector

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/the-resilience-of-scottish-voluntary-organisations

Wave ten - spring 2025

Introduction This paper presents the key findings from the ten wave of the Scottish third sector tracker,The Tracker collects panel data from Scottish third sector organisations to give current insights into,the health of the sector, key trends, and developments.,The Tracker asks organisations questions relating to their current organisational challenges; demand,Topical questions are included each wave.

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/wave-10

Tracking the changes in our sector

This report provides an overview of the key insights from the first six Waves of the Scottish Third Sector,The data from the Tracker charts the emergence of the sector from the COVID-19 pandemic through 2021,,In Wave 1, a third of organisations reported this as one of their top challenges, increasing to two thirds,1 to three quarters by Wave 6.,The tracker has also provided insights into the emerging needs of third sector beneficiaries in each

https://scvo.scot/p/89094/2024/03/07/tracking-the-changes-in-our-sector

Scottish voluntary organisations' financial reserves

This lack of financial management skill is perhaps reflected in the Scottish third sector tracker findings,Having said that, calls for charities to diversify their income streams are often impractical and the sector

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/scottish-voluntary-organisations-financial-reserves

SCVO Briefing to Scottish Parliament: Programme for Government 2024/25

The Third Sector Tracker found: From August 2021 to April 2024, the proportion of voluntary sector organisations,The most recent Third Sector Tracker results were published earlier this month and cover the three months,By April 2024, the Third Sector Tracker found: 62% of organisations believed that rising costs had affected,vital social and economic actor central to delivering on the Scottish Government’s three missions of,the voluntary sector (sometimes referred to as the third sector).

https://scvo.scot/p/93632/2024/09/02/scvo-briefing-to-scottish-parliament-programme-for-government-2024-25

Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 – accredited body fees and proposals for discounting: PVG scheme consultation

The most recent wave of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker has shown that, in Winter 2023, 95% of organisations,The Tracker’s waves 1-6 report has also highlighted that there has been an increase in organisations,This is unsurprising, coming on the back of the Tracker’s waves 1-6 report showing that, between August,As outlined above and in every wave of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker, the voluntary sector finds,voluntary sector (sometimes referred to as the third sector).

https://scvo.scot/p/91692/2024/05/27/disclosure-scotland-act-2020-accredited-body-fees-and-proposals-for-discounting-pvg-scheme-consultation

Pay in the voluntary sector

Summary This report pulls together data on sector pay, comparing salary data from the voluntary sector,We also bring in data from sources such as the Living Wage Foundation, the Scottish Third Sector Tracker,from other service providers and pay-related challenges (see for example The ALLIANCE, 2023, SCVO Tracker,, 2024 and Care Inspectorate and the Scottish Social Services Council, 2025).,size and shape and get in touch with our research team if you'd like to know more.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/pay-in-the-voluntary-sector

Finances the biggest challenge to charities as rising costs bite

Research also found a third of organisations are dipping into reserves

https://tfn.scot/news/finances-the-biggest-challenge-to-charities-as-rising-costs-bite