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Research and statistics

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

In this section:

• Third sector statistics
  Key statistics on volunteering, charitable giving, social enterprise, civic renewal, ethical consumerism and Government support for the third sector.
• Citizenship Survey
  Information and statistics about third sector activity by individuals.
• State of the Sector Panel Survey
  Information and statistics about third sector activities by organisations.
• 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.
• Measuring a thriving third sector
  Research on ways of measuring the health of the third sector.
• Social Enterprise Research
  Information and statistics on social enterprise
• 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