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Third sector research

Find out more about government led and sponsored research into volunteering, charitable giving, citizenship and social enterprise.

In this section:  

• Measuring a thriving third sector
  Research on ways of measuring the health of the third sector. 
• Third Sector Research Centre
  Details of the new Third Sector Research Centre being led by Birmingham University
• Centre of Charitable Giving and Philanthropy
  A centre established to support high quality research on charitable giving and philanthropy
• Citizenship Survey
  Information and statistics about third sector activity by individuals.
• Helping out: a national survey of volunteering and charitable giving
  Information and statistics on people's views and experiences of participation in voluntary activity and charitable giving.
• Central and local government spending on the third sector
  Estimates of central and local government expenditure on the voluntary and community sector.
• Third sector access to finance
  Research on external finance for third sector organisations.
• Third sector review discussion papers
  Background papers to the Government's review of the third sector
• State of the Sector Panel Survey
  Information and statistics about third sector activities by organisations.