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2020 at a glance

It is more important than ever that charities are able to measure, understand and communicate their impact. Here's how we've helped charities this year. Read more

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How is your charity coping with the pandemic’s pressures?

Help us tell the government how much the world has changed for your charity by filling out PBE’s latest Covid Charity Tracker survey.
Press release: Covid job losses disproportionately impact people with low numeracy skills

16 million workers with low numeracy skills in the UK are estimated to be earning up to £1,600 less per year on average than if they had a basic level of numeracy skills
Counting on the recovery

With the Covid crisis and its impacts on our economy evident and plans to level up the economy through the recovery becoming real, the need for a national debate on numeracy is now an urgent one.
Is levelling up missing the point?

If the government wants to ensure that levelling up truly makes a difference to people’s lives, it should take another look at what makes most difference.

Is this time different? Charity funding in recession and recovery

PBE's latest research looks at how the Covid-19 recession and recovery could impact charity income
Press release: Economists sound warning over 'charity crunch'

75% of charities expect higher demand next year, while 83% forecast income decline
The Role of Charities in an Era of Anxiety

Speech given by Andy Haldane for Charity Finance Week 2020
24 hours on from the Budget, what do we know?

At yesterday’s Budget, the Chancellor set himself three challenges. First, how to help the country continue to weather the storm. Second, how to begin the work of restoration once we’re allowed to emerge from the proverbial storm shelter. And third, how to pay for it all.
January 11-18 Covid Charity Tracker Survey results

With last year's winter fundraising opportunities more limited than usual, we asked charities to reflect on fundraising over 2020 and the Christmas period in particular in this flash survey.
Press release: Community support falls by third at start of second lockdown

When coronavirus hit, there was a surge in people putting up their hands to help others in need, both through charities and within their neighbourhoods. Yet with the pandemic far from over, there are signs that the surge in community spirit is starting to flag.
Civil Action: exploring civil society's potential in the 2020s

The Commission on Civil Society aims to remove the constraints that hold the sector back and promote the approaches that help to push it forward. This report is the first step on that journey.
Another Level: what’s missing from levelling up?

How the government can ensure the levelling up agenda makes the most difference to people’s lives, and the role civil society has to play in that.
How is your charity coping with the pandemic’s pressures?

Help us tell the government how much the world has changed for your charity by filling out PBE’s latest Covid Charity Tracker survey.
Has Covid changed volunteering for good?

The scale of the volunteering effort has been a testament to the human desire to work together when times are tough. But will it endure as we move into recovery?

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