A paper examined government expenditure on the voluntary sector in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. The voluntary sector was currently relatively well funded by the governments concerned. The proportion of the voluntary sector's income coming from statutory sources had grown in recent years, creating an increasing dependence on public funding. Wales and Northern Ireland had relatively weak voluntary sectors, with disproportionately low levels of sector income compared with the size of their economies.
Source: Ian Mocroft, Government Expenditure on the Voluntary Sector in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Working Paper 2, Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy
Links: Paper
Date: 2011-Dec
The Scottish Government began consultation on proposals for a national strategy for Scotland's museums and galleries.
Source: Working Towards a National Strategy for Scotland?s Museums and Galleries – Your chance to shape your future, Scottish Government
Links: Consultation document | Scottish Government press release | Museums Association press release
Date: 2011-Sep
An article examined the development in Scotland of relations between the public, private, and voluntary/community sectors that were increasingly divergent from those in England.
Source: Mike Danson and Geoffrey Whittam, 'Scotland's civic society v England's Big Society? Diverging roles of the VCS in public service delivery', Social Policy and Society, Volume 10 Issue 3
Links: Abstract
Date: 2011-Jul
An article examined the influence of voluntary sector participants in relation to community planning processes in Scotland.
Source: Stephen Sinclair, 'Partnership or presence? Exploring the complexity of community planning', Local Government Studies, Volume 37 Number 1
Links: Article
Date: 2011-Mar
A report outlined the findings from the first year of a three-year longitudinal study examining the opportunities and challenges facing third sector organizations in Scotland in the delivery of public services.
Source: Stephen Osborne, Elric Honore, Sue Bond, and Matthew Dutton, The Opportunities and Challenges of the Changing Public Services Landscape for the Third Sector in Scotland: A longitudinal study year one report – Baseline findings, Scottish Government
Date: 2011-Feb
A study in Scotland found 'consistent evidence' that people who were encouraged to attend and take part in cultural activities as a child were more likely to participate in and attend cultural activities in adulthood, compared with those who were not encouraged to do so This remained true even when other factors such as education, gender, age, income, deprivation, and rurality of an area were accounted for.
Source: Wojciech Hupert, Child's Play: The links between childhood encouragement and adult engagement in arts and culture, Scottish Government
Links: Report
Date: 2011-Jan
