This week's blog analyses the results from our fourth wave of research with the general public on the Coronavirus and charities. We analyse the change in public attitudes, including issues of concern, trust in sources of information and willingness to support charities.

Our latest donation trends data shows that the percentage of the public who are giving to charity is at the lowest level it has been in a decade.

In recent days and weeks, we have all been witness to a huge moment in the fight against racial inequality across the world. In the charity sector, questions are now being confronted as to how we better reflect the societies that we live and work in. Research carried out with the BAME community by nfpSynergy at the end of last year seeks to contribute to this discussion.

We reveal and unpack some of the key findings from our latest poll with the general public looking at attitudes towards Covid-19 and the charity sector. 

We surveyed 1,000 members of Britain's Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME)​ population to learn more about the ways this audience engages with charities. The blog takes a closer look at volunteering, fundraising and trust in institutions trends among the BAME population and compares those to some of the findings from our research with the general public done through our Charity Awareness Monitor (CAM). The full set of findings is linked in the blog.

This week's blog focuses on the results of our latest wave of research into the impact of Covid-19 on the charity sector. We highlight the changing public perceptions of the crisis as well as looking at the government and charity response, drawing out key conclusions about what this could mean for the sector.

We conducted 24 telephone interviews with charities in the last week to find out what life is like for them and their organisations at this time. Find out what they told us.

To find out how charities are responding to the first phase of the Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak, we conducted twenty-four interviews speaking to a range of charity sector staff from CEOs, directors, heads and officers working in strategy, fundraising, marketing and communications, and some front-line staff working on service provision. See what they had to say in this free report.

Our Head of Public Audiences has prepared some research-led suggestions for how charities can tap into the public's desire to help in their communities and beyond during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Going viral – our new research shows the public think charities are vital at the moment.