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!

After the gloom of last week’s blog ‘Is fundraising f**ked?’ this week Joe Saxton looks at the potential for growth in charity income, and how and where it might come from.

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:

Food banks and food bank users are on the rise. Is this due to a growing awareness of them, as recently suggested by a Conservative politician, or because more people require access to these emergency services? Food banks provide food for thought in this week's blog.

At nfpSynergy, we've been tracking the proportion of the UK public that volunteer for over ten years. This report gives an overview of volunteering over time from as far back as 2003 up until August 2017.

Here are some of our key findings:

This week's blog explores some findings from our Brand Attributes research on qualities the public believe the "ideal" charities possess, and how International Development charities may be able to utilise these qualities to mobilise public support more effectively.

In an attempt to better understand how levels of trust affect the third sector, we've started a new research programme to try and identify what exactly charities are trusted to do, and how they are trusted compared to other sectors.

How we give, who/what we give to, and how much we give - what effect will continued upheavals in our economic and political life have on these aspects of our lives?

This week's guest blog explores the importance of Customer Experience. Martin Jervis argues that charities can't hide behind terminology; ultimately, donors, beneficiaries, supporters, and volunteers are 'customers'. Therefore, they should be approached with strategic and tactical expertise; but unfortunately, this is scarce in the UK.