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Six things charities should know about local councillors

Six things charities should know about local councillors

How can charities influence, engage with and make the most out of their relationships with local councillors? Read more

Published: 8th June, 2022

Updated: 12th June, 2022

Author: Charlotte Warren

Understanding the ecosystem: charities and public services

Understanding the ecosystem: charities and public services

Nicole Sykes, Director of Policy and Communications at PBE, discusses the fundamental role charities play in providing vital public services. Read more

Published: 26th May, 2022

Updated: 13th June, 2022

Author: Charlotte Warren

Local Elections: Social Sector Pledges (2022)

Local Elections: Social Sector Pledges (2022)

Using our interactive map, discover where in the country council groups and political parties are setting out the most ambitious agenda for the social sector in 2022's local elections. Read more

Published: 5th May, 2022

Updated: 8th June, 2022

Author: Charlotte Warren

Charities need to be a vital part of the UK’s productivity drive

Charities need to be a vital part of the UK’s productivity drive

Boosting charity productivity is an overlooked opportunity in the campaign to tackle the UK’s productivity problem. Both charities and policymakers have a shared interest in doing so. Read more

Published: 28th April, 2022

Updated: 3rd May, 2022

Author: Charlotte Warren

Six things charities should know about civil servants

Six things charities should know about civil servants

How can charities influence, engage with and make the most out of their relationships with civil servants? Read more

Published: 27th April, 2022

Author: Charlotte Warren

Is measuring economic impact right for every charity?

Is measuring economic impact right for every charity?

PBE Economist, Madison Kerr, explores the PBE approach to measuring the economic impact of charities. Read more

Published: 8th April, 2022

Author: Charlotte Warren

To tackle the energy bills crisis, the government must put policy before politics

To tackle the energy bills crisis, the government must put policy before politics

PBE’s Research and Policy Director Helen Barnard writes about the UK’s cost-of-living crisis and the government’s failure to put policy before politics. Read more

Published: 29th March, 2022

Updated: 31st March, 2022

Author: Charlotte Warren

Pro bono work isn't just for lawyers. Here's why civil servants should volunteer

Pro bono work isn't just for lawyers. Here's why civil servants should volunteer

PBE’s Chief Economist Jon Franklin reflects on his experience of volunteering as a civil servant and argues that it is vital more civil servants volunteer if the government is to achieve its planned reforms. Read more

Published: 25th March, 2022

Author: Charlotte Warren

Inequality in civil society: the data

Inequality in civil society: the data

PBE's Research and Policy Analyst Jack Larkham explores the data on inequality within the social sector workforce. Read more

Published: 8th March, 2022

Author: Tia Manavis

Action needed: Persistent ethnic inequalities in the labour market

Action needed: Persistent ethnic inequalities in the labour market

A team of PBE experts take a closer look at the deeply-entrenched inequalities in the UK's labour market and the restrictions holding back the charities and community groups which could help. Read more

Published: 15th February, 2022

Updated: 16th February, 2022

Author: Tia Manavis

Levelling up our social capital, social fabric and wellbeing

Levelling up our social capital, social fabric and wellbeing

What do the Levelling Up White Paper, the government's response to the Kruger Review, and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund tell us? Read more

Published: 3rd February, 2022

Author: Tia Manavis

Civil society is central to every part of levelling up

Civil society is central to every part of levelling up

PBE chief executive Matt Whittaker examines the key role civil society has to play in each of levelling up's four core objectives. Read more

Published: 1st February, 2022

Author: Tia Manavis

Place-based philanthropy should play a starring role in levelling up

Place-based philanthropy should play a starring role in levelling up

Helen Barnard, PBE's Director of Research and Policy, argues that levelling up will fail to deliver if its ambitions are not matched by greater philanthropic giving in the places that need it the most. Read more

Published: 31st January, 2022

Author: Tia Manavis

Whitehall can do more to realise the potential of charitable giving

Whitehall can do more to realise the potential of charitable giving

PBE's chair Lord Gus O'Donnell makes the case for greater championing of charitable giving from government to help the UK reach the levels of philanthropy seen in Canada and New Zealand. Read more

Published: 24th January, 2022

Author: Tia Manavis

The Geography of Generosity

The Geography of Generosity

Charities offer part of the solution to each and every challenge of levelling up. But charities and their sources of financing aren't evenly spread. How can we drive up giving in the places that can benefit the most? Read more

Published: 15th December, 2021

Updated: 31st January, 2022

Author: Tia Manavis

House of Lords report lays bare the crisis in children's services

House of Lords report lays bare the crisis in children's services

To mark the launch of a new House of Lords committee report drawing on PBE research, CEO Matt Whittaker reflects on the scale of cuts to children's services since 2010. Read more

Published: 19th November, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

Pandemic demands don’t stop charities looking to the future

Pandemic demands don’t stop charities looking to the future

Our latest Charity Tracker survey found that the positive signs in wider society have translated into increased optimism about the future for many charities. However, notwithstanding this optimism, we found most charities still faced a growing demand for their services and staff challenges brought on by the ‘pingdemic’. Read more

Published: 6th September, 2021

Updated: 17th November, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

Going the extra mile: How businesses work with the local social sector

Going the extra mile: How businesses work with the local social sector

Submitted as a part of the Law Family Commission on Civil Society's call for evidence on unleashing civil society's potential. Read more

Published: 9th August, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

The Second Invisible Hand

The Second Invisible Hand

Andy Haldane's full speech from the Local Trust Community Power Lecture. Read more

Published: 7th July, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

Guest blog: Why we need the ONS to measure the social economy effectively

Guest blog: Why we need the ONS to measure the social economy effectively

Research consultant David Ainsworth on the impact that a set of satellite accounts for the voluntary sector would have on the civil society. Read more

Published: 7th July, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

Need data support? Economists are here to help

Need data support? Economists are here to help

Charities can now receive flexible, light-touch support from volunteer economists through our Data First Aid service. Director of Services Melinda Kunjasich details how this means more charities can receive the support they need. Read more

Published: 6th July, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

PBE Reacts: ONS Labour Market Statistics, 15 June 2021

PBE Reacts: ONS Labour Market Statistics, 15 June 2021

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

Published: 15th June, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

Gus O'Donnell: Levelling up in Yorkshire must mean investment in people

Gus O'Donnell: Levelling up in Yorkshire must mean investment in people

If levelling up is to mean anything then it must mean something to people. That means diversifying the agenda, to invest in individuals and not just infrastructure. Addressing the adult skills crisis in the UK is an essential part of that. Read more

Published: 12th June, 2021

Updated: 14th June, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

Jab volunteers helped save lives. What else can they do?

Jab volunteers helped save lives. What else can they do?

Volunteers have played a critical role in the UK’s Covid vaccine campaign. Why stop there? Read more

Published: 3rd June, 2021

Author: Tia Manavis

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    Charity counselling service in primary schools generates £36m in long-term benefits each year

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  • Place2Be’s one-to-one counselling service in UK primary schools: an updated cost-benefit analysis

    Place2Be’s one-to-one counselling service in UK primary schools: an updated cost-benefit analysis

    An updated cost-benefit analysis of Place2Be's 1:1 counselling service in primary schools.

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    Wellbeing Valuation Lunch & Learn

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  • A decade of change for children's services funding

    A decade of change for children's services funding

    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.

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