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Analysis of grant-making
Grants for Good 2025: Exploring local authority grant-making to the VCSE sector
The second edition of Grants for Good: Exploring local authority grant-making to the VCSE sector (2025)...
Grants for Good: Exploring local authority grant-making to the VCSE sector
Grants for Good: Exploring local authority grant-making to the VCSE sector by the Directory of...
Funding for Armed Forces children and young people
The report, produced in association with the SCiP Alliance, aims to provide the first systematic...
Small Grants, Big Changes - An overview and analysis
A new report from DSC, funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, looking at...
Research on grant-makers
The Directory of Grant Making Trusts 2026/27
Best sellerWith this guide, you'll have access to key information on over 2,000 grant-makers, each with...
The Guide to New Trusts 2025/26
Finding new grant-makers is a time-consuming and intricate business. The Guide to New Trusts takes...
The Guide to UK Company Giving 2025/26
The leading guide which includes details of over 400 companies and 162 associated corporate charities...
The Guide to Major Trusts 2025/26
If you need to find grants for your charity or project, this guide is your...
The Guide to Grants for Individuals in Need 2024/25
This is the ultimate guide for charities and organisations working on the front line, supporting...
Impact and evaluation research
The Governance App Report
What does this report explore? This report presents and analyses data from 1,126 users who...
London's HIV voluntary and community sector: Responding and rebuilding after Covid-19
This report provides insights that will be useful to those supporting people affected by HIV,...
LIBOR Funding and its Impact
This DSC report reveals the impact of LIBOR funding to hundreds of organisations and projects...
Family Life and the Armed Forces Community Evaluation
DSC's Family Life and the Armed Forces Community Evaluation, looks at the grants made by...
Grants Evaluation: Liverpool ONE Foundation
What is the purpose of the report? This reports presents an evaluation of the impact...
Impact Evaluation: Strategic Pathways Programme
What is the purpose of the report? The Strategic Pathways Programme (SPP), funded by the...
Sector analysis research
Sector Insight: Armed Forces Charities 2024
What is the purpose of the report? The Armed Forces charity sector is neither static...
Focus On: Armed Forces Charities' Financial Support
What is the purpose of the report? Financial stressors can have major impacts on individuals...
Focus On: Armed Forces Charities' Support for Families
What is the purpose of the report? Families of serving and ex-Service personnel form a...
Focus On: Armed Forces Charities' Education and Employment Provision
What is the purpose of the report? Military service provides many with training, skills, experience...
Sector Insight: Armed Forces Charities
What is the purpose of the report? The charity sector is neither static nor homogeneous....
Focus On: Armed Forces Charities' Housing Provision
What is the purpose of the report? Access to sustainable housing has a huge impact...
Focus On: Armed Forces Charities' Sector Trends
What is the purpose of the report? The armed forces charity sector is neither static...
Focus On: Armed Forces Charities' Physical Health Provision
What is the purpose of the report? Serving in the armed forces poses a risk...
Focus On: Armed Forces Charities' Mental Health Provision
What is the purpose of the report? As with all members of society, our life...
Focus On: Armed Forces Charities in the Criminal Justice System
What is the purpose of the report? Although only a relatively small percentage of ex-Service...
Sector Insight: Armed Forces Charities in Scotland
What is the purpose of the report? Whilst DSC’s 2014 report Sector Insight, UK Armed...
Sector Insight: UK Armed Forces Charities - Overview and Analysis
What is the purpose of the report? This report arose from a context of heightened...
