organisations.,For this paper, resilience is defined as the ability of an organisation to anticipate, cope with and,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,’s resilience and what is required to sustain and build on that resilience.

, strengthand resilience of our members and the voluntary sector.,Sector Governance Code alongside Scotland’s Third Sector Governance Forum.,We supported organisations with submitting better funding applications, and ran interactive sessions,through funded projects Our Funding Scotland website provided essential funding support to the sector,awarded £86,655 in devices and connectivity to 19 organisations running digital device lending schemes

Introduction The academic literature highlights the role that good financial management plays in helping organisations,This lack of financial management skill is perhaps reflected in the Scottish third sector tracker findings,where over a quarter of organisations report not having a target level of financial reserves.,The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated the issues discussed above.,Having said that, calls for charities to diversify their income streams are often impractical and the sector