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Impact on charities

Since the coronavirus pandemic began the third sector has been impacted significantly, with services being postponed and fundraising efforts scaled back. Below is a summary of the key research into the impact of coronavirus on the sector.

Chartered Institute of Fundraising

In partnership with Pro Bono Economics and Charity Finance Group, we are producing a Covid Charity Tracker to monitor how charities are being affected as the pandemic progresses.

January COVID Charity Tracker Survey Results
The Charity Sector Through COVID

To be able to provide robust data to inform government on financial impact in the first few months of the pandemic, we partnered with NCVO and CFG to ask charities how they were being impacted.

Impact on the charity sector during coronavirus - June 2020
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CIOF Cymru surveyed fundraisers in Wales to get a better idea of the impact of coronavirus on the Welsh charity sector.

Impact of coronavirus in Wales
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Small International Development Charities Network
SIDCN survey results June 2020
How is COVID-19 affecting small UK charities working in international development?
Charity Benchmarks
COVID-19 Impact Monitor
Find out how COVID-19 has impacted the sector through this report that has tracked £1.75bn of income in 2019 and £1.52bn in 2020.
Webinar: COVID-19 Impact Monitor
A webinar that took place on 6th May reviewing the results of the report.
NFP Synergy
Covinformation Report May 2021
This report looks impacts COVID has had on the UK charity and voluntary sectors' income, volunteering, services provided and working practices.
NCVO
Recover Respond and Reset: The voluntary sector and COVID-19
A joint project between Nottingham Trent University, Sheffield Hallam University and NCVO looks at the impact of covid-19 on voluntary organisations, community groups and social enterprises.
UK Civil Society Almanac
NCVO provides an overview of the state of the voluntary sector, including income from government and the public.
Small Charities Coalition
SCC survey results
Just one in five small charities able to provide normal services.
CAF
CAF Charity Landscape 2020
CAF's annual survey of charity leader to understand the challenges they are facing. It has found 2020 has been a hugely challenging year for charities- income decreased whilst demand for services increased. The report outlines CAF's recommendations on how to tackle this.
NPC
State of the Sector 2020
This report has built up a picture of how COVID-19 is changing charities, through a in-depth interviews, focus groups and surveys. It provides practical advice and recommendations on how to manage them.

Impact on giving

To help fundraisers plan their responses and pivot their strategies based on the best understanding of everything that's going on, we’ve brought together key pieces of insight that have been published over the last couple of weeks about how giving is responding to the coronavirus crisis.

The Beacon Collaborative
Millionaire giving increases through first quarter of 2021
The Beacon Collaborative and Savanta's quarterly survey looks at trends in giving amongst HNWI's in the first three months of 2021.
Blue State
What Support And Supporters Will Look Like In A Post-Pandemic World
Blue State's survey a from a representative sample of individuals in the UK to help you understand where audiences are, and how to meet them.
Legacy Foresight
Forecasting Legacy Income for Small and Emerging Charities
Kath Horsley, Director of Analysis discusses the current state of the legacy market and its future, and tips for forecasting for emerging legacy charities.
CAF
The Future of Giving- What Have we Learned from the Pandemic?
Daniel Ferrell-Schweppenstedde considers how individual giving is likely to develop in the future.
Bluefrog
So what did happen to Giving in 2020?
Bluefrog's analysis of over $40 billion in charitable giving to over 8,800 organisations.
Enthuse
Donor Pulse
Enthuse explores the ongoing impact of the pandemic on donors and looks at whether supporters’ behaviour is becoming less volatile as the public has become more accustomed to the current circumstances.
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