What else?

In this space we’ll sign-post you to interesting comments, research and events on Giving and Philanthropy from NCVO and elsewhere. If you this we’ve missed something, let us know.

What's driving charitable giving?

NCVO's Third Sector Foresight programme has been exploring how political, social, economic and technical drivers are shaping the voluntary and community sector. The economics drivers section provides easy to use guidance on issues such as consumer confidence and new philanthropists, whilst the technology drivers section will help you think about how social media and open data will build support and generate donations for charities.

Visit the Third Sector Foresight website.

Advice and support

NCVO provides advice and support on funding to organisations that want to think about charitable giving as part of a wider strategy to diversify their income and become more sustainable. You can read here their practical information on individual giving and the gift economy.

Comments and events

• James Allen's blog posts on the latest from Government on giving
• Karl Wilding's blogs: 'Building a nation of citizen philanthropists', 'Rise, stumble, probably rise of global philanthropy','This is worth reading #1-8’
• NCVO/VSSN Researching the Voluntary Sector Conference papers on Giving and Philanthropy (2011)
  - Individual giving in the UK: findings and context conference paper (2006)
  - Giving to Development: Who Gives to Overseas Causes? conference paper (2006)
  - Gender differences in giving behaviour and the effect of household giving conference paper (2006)
• ESRC/NCVO Seminar series: charitable giving and donor motivation (2003)
• ‘Altruism and philanthropy’ speech at first Hinton lecture (1998) 

External sources of information

The Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy

NCVO is a founding partner in the ESRC Research Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy (CGAP). The centre brings together some researchers from across the UK to explore a range of issues related to giving and philanthropy. Recent work includes Beth Breeze's report on how donors choose charities and Cathy Pharoah's work on family foundations.

Find out more about CGAP.

Other

• Internationally, one of the most respected research institutes looking at charitable giving and philanthropy is the Indiana Center on Philanthropy.
• Giving Blogroll (Google Reader feed).
• DCLG  2008-09 Citizenship Survey: Volunteering and Charitable Giving Topic Report
• DCLG 2007-08 Citizenship Survey: Volunteering and Charitable Giving Topic Report
• DCLG 2005 Citizenship Survey Active Communities Topic Report
• Cabinet Office (2007) Helping Out: a national survey of volunteering and charitable giving