The third sector is broadly defined as organisations that sit outside of the market and the state and range from UK-wide organisations with large budgets to social enterprises and small community organisations run by a small number of staff or volunteers.

A child's hand holding a pink piece of chalk as she completes drawing a rainbow on the tarmac

CNS: Early insights into the COVID-19 response – 8 May 2020

Part of a series that shares regular insights emerging from research in high poverty settings across Scotland. It focuses on the third sector and the collaborative response to supporting families.

Welfare reform in Scotland: Research, policy and the third sector

Summary and presentations from a Policy Scotland seminar on how academics and partners can influence the developing social security agenda in Scotland and research collaborations can be developed to improve the evidence base for the social security system.