By historical standards, we live in an unparalleled age of peace, prosperity, security and good health.

In this week's blog Joe Saxton looks at a big picture (as usual) and talks about interesting phenomena in the charity sector. 

Including data charts from our latest research

Stories in the media continue shaking the sector. We ran this survey to measure the level of trust in the charity sector shortly after the controversies around Oxfam and other charities, as well as the President’s Club fundraising event, hit the news. Below are some key research findings. The full data charts along with the summary and conclusion are available to download for free below. 

Saving money is as important as raising it. This blog gives useful tips on how charities can save with clever procurement.

Thank you everyone for being with us in 2017! The best gift we can give you is what we love doing the most: research. Here are 12 free most popular reports for you this year. See you in 2018!

Our new free report looks into what the public think of charities providing public services for government, and whether they are put off from giving or supporting charities who receives government funding. Here are some of the highlights. Download the report below to explore it in more detail.

In the last 15 years the Scottish voluntary sector has become a larger part of the Scottish economy. This short report will give you some key facts and figures to feel comfortable talking about charities in Scotland.

Here are just a few discoveries:

Interested in finding out about what the public think about the way charities report their impact and spending? You can find out exactly what was said in our focus groups on this topic when you download this free report.

What do the public think about the way charities report their impact and spending? We recently conducted three focus groups with charity-friendly members of the public to gauge their thoughts on a range of issues regarding charity reporting.