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Is levelling up missing the point?

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. Read more

Published: 12th April, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

Volunteering, wellbeing and the recovery

Volunteering, wellbeing and the recovery

The country needs a wellbeing boost, and some need it more than others. A renewed focus on the benefits of volunteering might just offer a path. Read more

Published: 9th April, 2021

Updated: 12th April, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

PBE Reacts: ONS Labour Market Statistics, 23 March 2021

PBE Reacts: ONS Labour Market Statistics, 23 March 2021

PBE Research and Policy Director Anoushka Kenley gives her reaction to this morning's ONS Labour Market statistics. Read more

Published: 23rd March, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

24 hours on from the Budget, what do we know?

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. Read more

Published: 4th March, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

Press release: Budget 2021 reaction from Pro Bono Economics

Press release: Budget 2021 reaction from Pro Bono Economics

PBE responds to the Budget, focusing on emergency funding for charities, levelling up, and Universal Credit. Read more

Published: 3rd March, 2021

Updated: 8th March, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

Has Covid changed volunteering for good?

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? Read more

Published: 26th February, 2021

Updated: 1st March, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

PBE Reacts: ONS Labour Market Statistics, 23 February 2021

PBE Reacts: ONS Labour Market Statistics, 23 February 2021

PBE Research and Policy Director Anoushka Kenley gives her reaction to this morning's ONS Labour Market statistics. Read more

Published: 23rd February, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

The economic imperative of school breakfasts

The economic imperative of school breakfasts

Funding for school breakfasts comes to an end in a matter of months. PBE's Chief Economist, Jon Franklin, reveals why this may mean missing out on substantial long-term economic benefits. Read more

Published: 10th February, 2021

Updated: 19th February, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

Paying for the pandemic: The economic consequences of COVID-19

Paying for the pandemic: The economic consequences of COVID-19

inequalities of all forms can reinforce each other to the detriment of the nation’s longer term health and wellbeing. Making the right policy choices is just as important in recovery as in crisis. Read more

Published: 18th January, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

Andy Haldane: digital transformation in the charity sector

Andy Haldane: digital transformation in the charity sector

Incentives like a ‘digital civic passport’ can recognise voluntary action and encourage wider participation in civic service. Originally published in the Financial Times. Read more

Published: 12th January, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

PBE Reacts: Dormant Assets Scheme expansion announcement

PBE Reacts: Dormant Assets Scheme expansion announcement

“The next step must be working in similar partnership with civil society" Read more

Published: 9th January, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

PBE Reacts: Comprehensive Spending Review 2020

PBE Reacts: Comprehensive Spending Review 2020

"Putting civil society’s expertise at the heart of our policy making will be key to meeting the government’s aim to build back better." Read more

Published: 25th November, 2020

Author: Tia Manavis

The Role of Charities in an Era of Anxiety

The Role of Charities in an Era of Anxiety

Speech given by Andy Haldane for Charity Finance Week 2020 Read more

Published: 23rd November, 2020

Author: Tia Manavis

PBE Reacts: ONS Labour Market Statistics, 10 November

PBE Reacts: ONS Labour Market Statistics, 10 November

PBE's Director of Research and Policy on what charities can learn from this month's Labour Market Statistics. Read more

Published: 10th November, 2020

Author: Tia Manavis

PBE Reacts: ONS Labour Market Statistics, 13 October

PBE Reacts: ONS Labour Market Statistics, 13 October

PBE CEO Matt Whittaker gives his reaction to this morning's ONS Labour Market statistics. Read more

Published: 13th October, 2020

Updated: 10th November, 2020

Author: Tia Manavis

PBE Reacts: Danny Kruger's review on sustaining community spirit

PBE Reacts: Danny Kruger's review on sustaining community spirit

PBE CEO Matt Whittaker gives his reaction to Danny Kruger's review Levelling up our communities. Read more

Published: 26th September, 2020

Updated: 10th November, 2020

Author: Tia Manavis

Money well spent? Putting wellbeing at the heart of spending decisions

Money well spent? Putting wellbeing at the heart of spending decisions

By Deborah Hardoon, Evidence Lead at The What Works Centre for Wellbeing Read more

Published: 17th September, 2020

Author: Tia Manavis

PBE Reacts: ONS Labour Market Statistics, 15 September

PBE Reacts: ONS Labour Market Statistics, 15 September

PBE CEO Matt Whittaker gives his reaction to this morning's ONS Labour Market statistics. Read more

Published: 15th September, 2020

Updated: 10th November, 2020

Author: Tia Manavis

Just like civil society, it’s time to stop taking data for granted

Just like civil society, it’s time to stop taking data for granted

Understanding what’s going on in charities, voluntary groups and civil society organisations at this time of crisis is important. Communicating that understanding beyond the sector itself is even more crucial. Read more

Published: 15th May, 2020

Updated: 23rd September, 2020

Author: Tia Manavis

Reweaving the social fabric after the crisis

Reweaving the social fabric after the crisis

We need to invest the rich endowment of social capital created by the crisis, by rethinking and rebuilding the institutional immune system that is our social sector. Read more

Published: 28th April, 2020

Updated: 23rd September, 2020

Author: Tia Manavis

Time to reverse our (social) capital losses

Time to reverse our (social) capital losses

If the Prime Minister needed reminding of the scale of the task at hand, he need look no further than this week’s Social capital in the UK data release from the ONS. Read more

Published: 22nd February, 2020

Updated: 23rd September, 2020

Author: Tia Manavis

Announcing Pro Bono Economics’ Unlocking Impact workshop

Announcing Pro Bono Economics’ Unlocking Impact workshop

With ever-increasing pressures on charities to demonstrate their impact in quantitative ways, we offer an economic lens that can cut through this impact confusion and help charities articulate their impact. Read more

Published: 24th September, 2019

Updated: 23rd September, 2020

Author: Tia Manavis

Big data takes flight

Big data takes flight

Being able to access datasets is creating far better assessments of impact than those available 10 years ago. But what of the next decade? Read more

Published: 12th August, 2019

Updated: 23rd September, 2020

Author: Tia Manavis

No longer a one-digit kid

No longer a one-digit kid

In 2019, Pro Bono Economics hit an important milestone – we turned ten. And what a year it has already been. Read more

Published: 15th July, 2019

Updated: 23rd September, 2020

Author: Tia Manavis

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

    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

    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

    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?

    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.

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  • Is this time different? Charity funding in recession and recovery

    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'

    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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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?

    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?

    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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