Introduction

The Scottish Executive, on behalf of the Strategic Funding Review Partners (the Executive, SCVO and CoSLA) commissioned consultants Rocket Science to carry out a review of support services for the voluntary sector in Scotland. The thinking behind the review is to assess the development needs of the voluntary sector in the current climate around a number of key areas:

• Organisational development (including capacity building, improvements in quality, governance and best practice)
• Workforce development (including HR and career development)
• Technical support (including finance and ICT)
• Income generation
• Lobbying and networking support

Reports

The findings of the Review were published by the Scottish Executive on 22nd February 2007. We are very grateful to everyone who contributed to this study. You can view the reports online using the links below:

Research Findings
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/02/19110244/0

Full Report
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/02/19105954/0

Online Survey Annex
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/02/16153506/0