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Linking datasets: 360 Giving Data
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Overview
Linking datasets: Charity Risk Data
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Overview
Building a foundational dataset of Third Sector organisations in the UK
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Overview
Motivations for mapping Third Sector organisations in the UK
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We are not the first team to attempt the construction of a UK-wide database on the third sector, and it is worth reflecting on why we are doing this and the ways in which our work will – we hope – build on some previous efforts to do so.
Building a UK Third Sector Database
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The voluntary sector is widely acknowledged as containing very large numbers of organisations that make an enormous contribution to well-being and social cohesion in the UK. It encompasses charities, social enterprises, mutuals, cooperatives, and many less formal voluntary and community organisations. We know a great deal from survey data about patterns of individual giving to charities, and about patterns of volunteering. But there is a substantial gap in the availability of high-quality data about voluntary organisations. And it is argued that better-quality information and evidence would lead to the contribution of those organisations being properly recognised, leading in turn to higher levels of public and voluntary support for them.
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The role of the third sector in public health service provision: Evidence from 25,338 heterogeneous procurement datasets
Published in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society, 2025
Recommended citation: Rahal, C., & Mohan, J. (2025). The role of the third sector in public health service provision: Evidence from 25,338 heterogeneous procurement datasets. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society, 188(4), 1085–1106. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrsssa/qnae092 https://doi.org/10.1093/jrsssa/qnae092
Are generational declines in charitable trusteeship pervasive? Analysis of large-scale longitudinal data across the full population of charities in England and Wales
Published in VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 2026
Recommended citation: Clifford, D., & McDonnell, D. (Submitted). Are generational declines in charitable trusteeship pervasive? Analysis of large-scale longitudinal data across the full population of charities in England and Wales. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations.
Regional inequalities in UK voluntary action: Longitudinal trends and the impact of changing area characteristics 1971-2021
Published in VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 2026
Recommended citation: McDonnell, D., Mohan, J., & Norman, P. (Accepted). Regional inequalities in UK voluntary action: Longitudinal trends and the impact of changing area characteristics 1971-2021. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations.
Who Serves First? The Role of Experience and Networks When Volunteering as a Trustee of a New Charity
Published in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2026
Recommended citation: Yoon, N., McDonnell, D., & Clifford, D. (Revise and Resubmit). Who Serves First? The Role of Experience and Networks When Volunteering as a Trustee of a New Charity. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.