Our Place is a package of support and grants intended to give people more power over their local services.  Locality - a national network of community-led organisations – has been funded by DCLG to provide this support, to help the Our Place areas produce an operational plan, including a cost-benefit analysis. We worked with Locality to identify four local charities supported by Locality that would benefit from economist input to help them produce a cost-benefit analysis of their work. Our volunteers advised the charities on the data required to populate a cost-benefit analysis model, discussed assumptions and data quality, and ensured the estimates were as robust as possible. 

Dr. Iky Dijar, a PBE volunteer co-ordinating the projects, offered support and advice to the volunteers and charities.

PBE  volunteers supported Serendipity Enterprising Solutions, Local Works Hull, Rotunda and Rotherham Rise through this work.

8th March 2016