Pandemic Scars and the Charity Sector

New survey research into how the charity sector's success in supporting people during the pandemic has come at the cost of the workforce's health and wellbeing. Read more

Covid-19 Charity Tracker Survey

Our survey is designed to take the temperature of the civil society sector as the COVID-19 crisis continues to unfold, monitoring the pressures being faced by charities and voluntary organisations across the country and understanding how the picture is changing over time.

Pandemic Scars and the Charity Sector

New survey research into how the charity sector's success in supporting people during the pandemic has come at the cost of the workforce's health and wellbeing. Read more

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

Quarterly Covid Charity Tracker Survey results: April 2021

This month, charities reported that they expect a long road of recovery ahead. There are concerns that financial challenges will not abate, as organisations struggle to get fundraising events back in the calendar and to fill those already pencilled in. Read more

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. Read more

November 15-20 Covid Charity Tracker Survey results

As the government considers how to soothe the social scars Covid has created, charitable organisations can be a core ingredient of the balm the country needs. But without additional resource to meet its multiple fronts of demand, the charity sector will not be able to fulfil its full potential to help everyone it can. Read more

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Job vacancy: Development Director

This is an exciting opportunity to strategise and deliver PBE’s approach to income generation and diversification. Building on PBE’s excellent reputation, the Development Director will take responsibility for fundraising and associated business planning.
Implications of the Scottish budget for the voluntary sector with SCVO

The Scottish Budget will be introduced to Parliament on Thursday 9 December. This webinar will help voluntary organisations to understand some of the high level implications of the budget for the Scottish economy, the sector and the communities we work with.
Mind the Giving Gaps: how to improve the power of UK philanthropy

This Law Family Commission on Civil Society event will launch the findings of a new set of reports on the current state of giving in the UK. We will reflect on the role of private philanthropy in serving the public good, and explore opportunities to grow UK philanthropy and achieve even more.
Levelling up People and Places with the Structural Inequalities Alliance

Covid-19 has shone a very clear light – and too exacerbated – the stark structural inequalities that continue to hold society and industry back. The event will be hosted by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) on behalf of the newly established Structural Inequalities Alliance (SIA), looking at how to chart an equitable path forwads

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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.
How can PBE help your charity?

We are excited to announce that we now have capacity to start working with charities again on analysis and advocacy projects. We are on the lookout for new projects to start in 2022. If you have a project idea that you’d like us to consider, please get in touch!
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Boosting pre-school language skills

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.