Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Governance of organisations seeking registered charitable status

The survey explored trusteeship and governance issues, including the recruitment, skills and diversity

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/governance-of-organisations-seeking-registered-charitable-status

Close to Parity: Challenging the voluntary sector to smash the glass ceiling

Rowena Lewis's research report shines a spotlight on women's representation in the voluntary sector. Through her research Rowena set out to demonstrate how well the sector is doing. She unearthed some uncomfortable truths along the way about the inequalities that persist. She...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/close-to-parity-challenging-the-voluntary-sector-to-smash-the-glass-ceiling

Mind the gap: what the public thinks about charities

This paper explores whether recent attacks on charities from politicians and the media have adversely affected the public?s attitude to the sector, based on the results of a poll carried out by Ipsos MORI. It is divided into three sections: general attitudes towards charities and...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/mind-the-gap-what-the-public-thinks-about-charities

Beyond Reserves - How charities can make their reserves work harder

Reserves are the main resource of any organisation within our sector. However they are often not considered as a source of funding or asan asset to be managed, but rather as something which should be protected and preserved. There are many useful guides to reserves planning, but...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/beyond-reserves-how-charities-can-make-their-reserves-work-harder

Thinking about… Charity Reserves: A research report into charity reserves management in Scotland

The Scotland Funders’ Forum commissioned IVAR ‘to understand how charity reserves can contribute to a dynamic and resilient third sector’ and explore ‘how charities can manage reserves for stability, but also how they can make reserves work harder’. The work has proved timely...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/thinking-about-charity-reserves-a-research-report-into-charity-reserves-management-in-scotland

State of the Sector 2024 - People PDF

PDF version of our interactive online People sector stats including: the numbers of volunteers in the sector the numbers of paid staff in the sector top sector employers staff costs staff pay and Living Wage info.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/state-of-the-sector-2024-people-pdf

Pay and Equalities Survey 2022

FULL PUBLICATION COST: £50 - £70 The 2022 Pay and Equalities Survey gathered 897 responses between 4 April and 5 May 2022 and comes as the sector emerges from two years of rapidly adapting services in response to the Covid-19 pandemic with more challenges to overcome. The results...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/pay-and-equalities-survey-2022

A Breath of Fresh Air: young people as charity trustees

their board, as well as a bank of resources for anyone interested in involving young people in governance

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/a-breath-of-fresh-air-young-people-as-charity-trustees

Public trust in charities 2022

5.3 -0.5 Private companies 5.0 -0.3 Your local council 4.9 -0.6 Newspapers 3.9 -0.4 MPs 3.4 0.7 Government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/public-trust-in-charities-2022

OSCR Scottish Charity & Public Surveys 2022

(OSCR) regularly commissions surveys on Scottish charities to give us further knowledge of charity life and public trust and confidence. The 2022 research was carried out on OSCR's behalf by DJS Research, an independent market research organisation and member of the Market...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/oscr-scottish-charity-public-surveys-2022

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