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Pro Bono Economics has been mentioned in a number of press articles recently, including the following;

The Guardian
"Agency to match up economists and charities"
27 October 2009

Head of charity Chance UK, Gracia McGrath, said: "PBE offers us the opportunity to evaluate the wider impact of our work and present the results effectively to a wider audience."

Full article here

The Times
"Charities get help with their vital statistics"
2 October 2009

Sir Gus O'Donnell, head of the Civil Service and a patron of Pro Bono Economics, said: "A lot of economists are involved in helping to solve real-world problems and in studies trying to make projects work. This is a small step for us. Charities are full of passion but there are instances when data collection might make them better informed."

Full article here

Yorkshire Post
"Economists share wealth of experience with charities"
22 September 2009

Andy Haldane, a senior official at the Bank of England, said: "We think that charities need to point towards quantitative evidence that they are doing the right thing and for economists it could be a useful development to apply their skills to different sorts of problems…”

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Financial Times
"Charity begins at the office, economists told"
13 September 2009

Martin Brookes said that lawyers and accountants were already used to giving pro bono help to the voluntary sector, but that economists were not so aware their skills might be useful…

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Philanthropy uk
"Free market economists for charities"
14 May 2009

“A new organisation has been established to engage and inform charities and economists about the worth of economic analysis to third sector organisations...”

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Financial Times
"How to spend it", "For goodness sake"
7 February 2009

‘Mindful of the number of City professionals wanting to apply their knowledge and experience to good causes, a new charity, Pro Bono Economics, has been co-founded by Martin Brookes, chief executive of the advisory service, New Philanthropy Capital, and Andy Haldane, executive director for financial stability at the Bank of England. It aims, as Haldane puts it, “to broker economists into projects in the charitable sector” in the belief that “economists can be useful to charities, and that charities can help economists find new skills.”…’

Financial Times
"Financial stability lies in his hands"
6 February 2009

“As the Bank of England tackles the recession with another rate cut, Andy Haldane, its new executive director of financial stability, has the job of keeping an eye on the liquidity available to banks...”

Full article here

Charity Finance
"New charity will match charities with free economics expertise"
10 December 2008

“Martin Brookes, chief executive of New Philanthropy Capital, is setting up a charity that will harness the skills of economists and deploy them to charities that want help to measure their impact...”

Full article here

PBE launched at a reception hosted by HM Treasury on 29 September. See the press release here