Headteacher Caroline Doyle reflects on the value of having a dedicated mental health counsellor in her primary school, and the ways Place2Be ensure the impact of this support is recorded. Read more
For charities to operate effectively, it is essential their planning and delivery is based on evidence-based analysis. Collecting consistent and high-quality data is a first step towards that objective, as Artis have demonstrated. Read more
CEO of PBE Matt Whittaker assesses the situation for charities and the nation as a whole ahead of the Chancellor's Spring Budget. With the cost of living crisis starting to ease recovery is coming for some, while the challenge intensifies for others. Read more
The social sector is hurtling towards a serious skills shortage. Funders, commissioners and numerous others in the social sector will need to pull together in order to shrink the skills vacuum, explains Analyst Taran Uppal. Read more
CEO of PBE Matt Whittaker reflects on the progress made towards unleashing the potential of civil society for good and the work still to be done, one year after the Law Family Commission on Civil Society's conclusion. Read more
The watchword from yesterday's hugely energising Labour and Civil Society Summit was ‘partnership’. PBE Trustee Jenny Scott reflects on the day's events. Read more
The charity sector is bucking the trend on trust, and PBE's Director of Policy and Communications Nicole Sykes explains why leaders in our society should be lining up to access their expertise. Read more
The Chancellor’s decision to uprate housing benefits in last week's Autumn Statement was a boost to many low-income households. But PBE's Chief Economist Jon Franklin says it is just a short-term sticking plaster which will not fix the UK's broken housing system. Read more
PBE Chair Lord Gus O'Donnell and Be the Business Chair Sir Charlie Mayfield make the case for putting the social sector at the heart of the UK's productivity drive. Read more
PBE's Nicole Sykes retraces the story of Charles Dickens' philanthropy advice and calls on the FCA to make changes to encourage more of this spirit from financial advisers today. Read more
PBE's Nicole Sykes makes the case for greater financial advice on philanthropic giving. Read more
PBE's Jack Larkham and Nicole Sykes explore the most eye-catching and innovative social sector pledges made by winning parties in the 2023 local elections. Read more
PBE Chief Economist Jon Franklin reflects on the experience of Artis, a charity specialising in performing arts in primary schools, in embedding impact measurement into their services. Read more
PBE's Chief Economist Jon Franklin discusses the challenges encountered by the #BeeWell programme in Greater Manchester when collecting wellbeing data on children permanently excluded from mainstream schools. Read more
Ahead of the announcement of the Chancellor's 2023 Budget this week, PBE's Anoushka Kenley, Jack Larkham and Nicole Sykes make the case for the charity sector's role in helping to solve the UK's inactivity challenge. Read more
PBE's Nicole Sykes takes a look at the impact of public sector backlogs on the charity sector. Read more
Ahead of the arrival of a new government led by Liz Truss, this latest analysis for the Law Family Commission on Civil Society calls for greater engagement between government advisory groups and the social sector. Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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