Research

The CSC aims to make research and learning about the community sector more widely available. It is achieving this through

• Building partnerships with research and learning institutions with interests in community sector research
• Identifying gaps in research into the community sector
• Promoting key messages from research to policy makers
• Developing and delivering through our members a programme of training on the community sector for civil servants
• Organising learning opportunities for CSC members and research professionals to reflect on the implications of the latest research for the sector
• Collating community sector research from Coalition members and elsewhere on the CSC website
• Producing email briefings on existing and emerging community sector research findings

The CSC research and learning work is closely linked to CSC campaigns on Funding and Local Governance. Links are also being made between the Coalition’s research and learning work and the role of community groups in building social capital, reducing crime, improving public services, engaging citizens more effectively in local democracy and building community cohesion.