The Covid-19 pandemic has brought with it unprecedented turbulence, impacting on life throughout the world. This report looks at some of the impacts it has had on the UK charity and voluntary sector over the last year. Charities have been impacted on numerous levels, including their income from a range of sources, volunteering opportunities, services provided and working practices.

This week's blog explores the first of three reports by Joe Saxton and Sarah Eberhardt about the impact that Covid-19 has had on charities over the last year and what the future is looking like for the sector. 

We've released two reports looking at all things to do with charity lotteries. In this blog, we summarise some key findings from this research, undertaken on behalf of the Lotteries Council.

The Lotteries Council commissioned nfpSynergy to write an independent report looking into the issues around problem gambling and responsible play. Here it is!

This week's blog is a sobering account of the UK general public's attitudes towards refugees, asylum seekers, and overseas aid and development charities. We share some data from our Charity Awareness Monitor research with the general public.

Last week CAF released a report saying that the public has given an extra £800m during the first six months of this year, compared to last. The research flows against the tide of almost all other research carried out during Covid. This week's blog looks at the reasons why CAF's research needs to be interrogated and treated with caution. 

We interviewed a number of people in health professional engagement roles to understand how their work has changed with the Covid-19 pandemic. Discover key findings from the interviews in this week's blog.

In this week's blog, Simona Battipaglia looks at the state of the international development sector and public attitudes towards it, highlighting why this is a decisive time for international development charities.

This week's blog highlights the importance of making LGBT+ voices heard and the fact that this audience remains largely under-researched in the charity sector. It also analyses our LGBT+ research and what an ideal LGBT+ charity would look like.

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.