The infographic summary, summary report and data tables for the fifth wave of The Scottish Third Sector Tracker are available here.

### Key Findings — Summary report

[The wave 5 summary report is available here](https://scvo.scot/research/evidence-library/the-scottish-third-sector-tracker-wave-5-summary-report-winter-2022)

The findings from wave five of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker suggested that third sector organisations were operating in an increasingly difficult environment. Organisations were facing rising costs/inflation, staff and volunteer issues and shortages and financial pressures, all of which made it difficult to run a sustainable organisation and provide adequate support to the people and communities they serve. Many organisations were doing their level best to continue to support their staff through a time of reduced income and increased demand.

### Key Findings — Infographic summary

Financial pressures continued to dominate the Scottish third sector landscape. December saw an increase in organisations reporting lower turnover, with those reporting lower turnover also increasingly pessimistic about how long this will last.

Rising costs remained a prevalent issue for third sector organisations, with all bar a small minority seeing their costs rise. This had affected the ability of almost half of all organisations to deliver their core services or activities.

The proportion of organisations falling back on their financial reserves had steadily increased throughout 2022, with over a third having accessed these reserves between August and December.

Challenges regarding staffing and volunteer numbers remained a key concern for the majority of organisations.

[The infographic summary is available now.](https://scvo.scot/research/evidence-library/the-scottish-third-sector-tracker-wave-5-infographic-summary-winter-2022)

### Data tables

  
These tables present the in-depth findings from the fifth wave of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker.

The percentages are based on the weighted figure, not the raw totals.

[The tables are available now](https://scvo.scot/research/evidence-library/the-scottish-third-sector-tracker-wave-5-data-tables-winter-2022).

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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.

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