An updated cost-benefit analysis of Place2Be's 1:1 counselling service in primary schools. Read more
Improving the UK's literacy can not only help individuals to progress into higher earning roles, but it can also insulate them from sector-specific downturns as seen during the pandemic. Read more
This research explores long-term economic importance of early years language skills, highlighting why this basic skill is so crucial to individuals as well as wider society. Read more
PBE’s research raises concerns of a false economy in children’s services, where the need for Local Authorities to cut costs has fallen predominantly on early interventions spending such as children’s centres, family support services and services for young people. Read more
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This research provides a cost-benefit analysis of The Artis Foundation’s programme, which works with children and teachers to bring creativity to the classroom by using the performing arts. Read more
This report provides an analysis of the potential impact of Time to Shine by The Rank Foundation on the charities that take part in the programme. Read more
This research for Our Time provides an analysis of the economic impact of children raised by a parent who has mental health difficulties. Read more
Pro Bono Economics worked with West London Zone to examine the potential economic outcomes of their programme of support for children facing multiple disadvantages in west London. Read more
This research provides a cost-benefit analysis of Tavistock Relation's Mentalisation Based Therapy (MBT) for Parenting under Pressure to reduce parental conflict and have cost-effective benefits after one year. Read more
This research provides a cost-benefit analysis of continuing professional development for teachers, which suggests that increasing CPD is likely to prove cost-effective for the education system within two to three years. Read more
This research provides an economic breakeven analysis for Teens and Toddlers - an educational programme designed to help young people succeed at school through the experience of mentoring nursery children. Read more
This study for the Refugee Survival Trust looks at the significant costs incurred by UK taxpayers and applicants themselves through incorrect Home Office asylum decisions. Read more
A wealth of evidence suggests the process of awarding PIPs is not currently fit for purpose. Our analysis conservatively estimates that the administrative costs to DWP for processing the cases where initial PIP decisions were overturned at appeal in 2019/20 could have been £23-29 million. Read more
Our analysis provides evidence that the benefits to society from improving the mental health of young people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness by providing mental health services faster and over more sessions are likely to out-weigh the costs. Read more
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. Read more
Through this analysis, supported by Bank of America, we demonstrate the potential for corporate volunteering schemes to be cost-effective ways of improving employee wellbeing once indirect cost savings from reduced absenteeism, presenteeism and staff turnover are incorporated. Read more
Our analysis, commissioned by Citizens Advice, finds that there could be at least 1.5 million households at risk of problem debt by mid-2021 as a result of the economic fallout from the Covid-19 crisis - an increase of 370,000 – 480,000 households compared to pre-crisis levels. Read more
This study has reviewed publicly available information on student outcomes to identify appropriate benchmarks to compare against outcomes for participants in upReach’s programmes. Read more
This research finds that if all pupils who are completing KS1 at schools with high disadvantage in England received Magic Breakfast’s model of school breakfast provision, it could generate long-term benefits of £2.7 billion. Read more
Untreated mental health issues for children and young people whilst on waiting lists cost public services an estimated £75m per year. Read more
Our report with Together for Short Lives found that providing short breaks for parent carers of children in palliative care could provide significant benefits to wider society. Read more
Our project with Housing Rights Belfast has identified several potential economic impacts of their interventions such as taxpayer savings from reduced housing service costs, reduced costs of future re-offending, and increased tax revenue from improved employment outcomes. Read more
Pro Bono Economics has developed a seven-step approach to assess the wellbeing cost-effectiveness of a charitable intervention, in partnership with the What Works Centre for Wellbeing. Read more
Pro Bono Economics has shown that there is a positive correlation between receiving social prescribing services broadly similar to BS3 Communities services and positive effects on an individual’s health, wellbeing and level of loneliness. Read more