PBE @pbe.co.uk · 01/10/2026Does your organisation work with veterans, ex-Service personnel or their families? Join our call for evidence on how wellbeing is understood and measured in the Armed Forces Community. 📸: UK MOD © Crown copyright 2023 110
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 30/09/2026Using economics to help children, young people and their families. 💡 Last week we hosted seven charities working with children and young people to help them use economics to have even more impact. 110
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 23/09/2026Our Interim Co-CEOs @jonfranklin.bsky.social and Cassia Dingwall set out how we plan to build the evidence base to help address the causes and consequences of low wellbeing in 2027. Read their latest blog: pbe.co.uk/insights/car... 020
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 17/09/2026Does your organisation work with veterans, ex-Service personnel or their families? Join our call for evidence on how wellbeing is understood and measured in the Armed Forces Community. 📸: UK MOD © Crown copyright 2023 110
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 16/09/2026The first question we ask social sector organisations that come to us to help with economic evaluations is... 120
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 14/09/2026We've matched volunteer economist Will Naughton with Signal Family Support through our Data First Aid service. 🎉 130
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 09/09/2026Jon Franklin, Interim Co-CEO said: "If we want to truly understand and improve wellbeing in the ex-Service community, we need to measure what matters to them." 100
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 07/09/2026The PBE board, led by Damien Regent and Jenny Scott, has begun the search for PBE's next permanent Chief Executive. Details will be announced in October. In the meantime, Director of Operations and Finance, Cassia Dingwall and Chief Economist, Jon Franklin, will lead PBE as Interim Co-CEOs. 100
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 07/09/2026After seven years in post, our CEO, @mattwhittaker.bsky.social, will step down on September 18, 2026. Under Matt's leadership, PBE has grown in both scale and scope to support more social sector organisations, unleash the power of civil society and tackle low wellbeing. 131
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 01/09/2026We've matched Warwick Economics and Development (WECD) with Foundation for Change (FfC) 🎉 110
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 27/08/2026Six more organisations joined us to unlock their impact on 18 & 20 August 👏 PBE Economist Karol Rodriguez Cabrera and training facilitator Alexa Sage walked attendees through the economic approach to evaluating impact. 100
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 28/07/2026Social sector economists 📣 Join us for the next Social sector economists: Network Meeting. 🗓️ 11 August, 11:10–13:00 📍 ONLINE 🎟️ Register | events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bdd826... Hope you can join us! 110
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 20/07/2026What could Andy Burnham's premiership mean for civil society? Happily, we already have a good idea. Andy Burnham was one of the expert contributors to the Law Family Commission on Civil Society, led by PBE. 100
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 14/07/2026What role can the voluntary sector play in supporting children and young people's mental health? 120
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 07/07/2026Investing in early support for young people's mental health could generate £56 billion in economic benefits 💡 165
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 06/07/2026We've matched volunteer analyst Max Magnacca Sancho with the Women's Resource Centre (United Kingdom) (WRC) 🎉 110
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 24/06/2026This Small Charity Week, we're celebrating the brilliant work of our small charity forum members: Barnabus Manchester Birth Companions Disability Support Calderdale CIC Fat Macy's Fences & Frontiers Greater Change Khulisa OUR SPECIAL FRIENDS Our Time Charity 100
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 23/06/2026In this month's insights and events newsletter ✉️ • Our latest research on Children's Services spending. • Inflation and the squeeze on charity wages. • The impact of expert volunteer support for Fearless Girls Club. Sign up: eepurl.com/den4kn 000
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 18/06/2026"Research shows that loneliness is increasing among young people," according to our friends at the Marmalade Trust 101
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 15/06/2026It's loneliness awareness week. Our 2024 research found that five million adults in the UK live with chronic loneliness and the cost to public services is significant. 100
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 11/06/2026Jon Franklin our Chief Economist says, "There’s a significant gap between what organisations working with children and young people say they want for them and what they actually measure. Part of supporting future generations in the UK means closing that measurement gap" 111
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 11/06/2026This word cloud shows what is actually being measured: things like attainment, literacy, attendance and behaviour. 100
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 11/06/2026What really matters when it comes to children and young people's mental health and wellbeing? The word cloud below shows what organisations working with children and young people say is important for children: things like health, confidence, skills, and wellbeing. 112
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 09/06/2026If improving children's wellbeing means thinking about the whole child, we have to use a measurement framework that goes beyond school attendance, attainment and children in crisis. 210
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 09/06/2026Last week we gathered policymakers and funders to share the findings of our Porticus Trust-funded work on children and young people's mental health and wellbeing. 101
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 01/06/2026It's Volunteers Week and we're celebrating our 1,000th volunteer, Iseoluwa Adejumo 🎉 100
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 27/05/2026Sign up below to get our latest research and insight in your inbox ✉️ This month's newsletter will include: 100
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 26/05/2026There's a week left to apply for our volunteer opportunities with: - Climate Majority Project - ADHD Action Network - Signal Family Support - Rethink Repayment Deadline: Midday, Monday 1 July 101
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 19/05/2026Meet our Senior Project Manager, Nadine Cameron 👋 Behind the scenes at PBE it's Nadine who: → project manages our economic analysis → matches volunteer economists with social sector organisations. → coordinates our unlocking impact and wellbeing measurement workshops. 120
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 14/05/2026Since 2019, 180,000 people in the UK with mental health issues have fallen into wellbeing poverty. 000
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 13/05/2026We're looking for social sector organisations supporting children under the age of 16 that want to measure their economic impact to raise the profile of their work. 100
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 11/05/2026Here are the results of some of the analysis we've done to understand what works when it comes to mental health and wellbeing — from access to arts and culture or safe spaces to talk, to traditional and nature-based mental health therapy. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #MHAW2026 000
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 07/05/2026When measuring impact, we often come across the J-curve phenomenon. When people get involved with programmes designed to help, we sometimes see a fall in their reported outcomes before it begins to rise — this appears as a "J-curve" when we chart the impact of the programme. 110
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 06/05/2026We're still accepting applications for pro bono support from our in-house economists. 👇 100
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 05/05/2026We were pleased to collaborate with Morgan Stanley last week to deliver an impact measurement session for participants of the Impact Through Innovation Awards. 110
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 30/04/2026• The Women’s Resource Centre (WRC), the leading national umbrella body for women’s charities in the UK, supporting a network of over 500 organisations. pbe.co.uk/vacancies/vo... 100
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 30/04/2026• Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group (GDWG) works to improve the welfare and well-being of people held in immigration detention, by offering friendship and support and advocating for fair treatment. pbe.co.uk/vacancies/vo... 100
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 30/04/2026• Plateful Café, a small charity which offers employment and training opportunities to refugees and runs community events celebrating diverse cultures and cuisines. pbe.co.uk/vacancies/vo... 100
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 30/04/2026You could volunteer with: • Concordia, a charity that organises projects and placements both in the UK and abroad, providing individuals with opportunities to gain new skills, earn money, and experience life in different countries. pbe.co.uk/vacancies/vo... 100
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 29/04/2026Report author and PBE Economist, Dr Maliha Rahanaz says, “The roundtable brought together a diverse group of stakeholders, creating a valuable space to explore both the challenges and opportunities in measuring wellbeing for people with learning disabilities.” 110
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 27/04/2026What is green or blue social prescribing? 🌊 🌳 The evidence of a link between improved wellbeing and spending time in nature is growing. 132
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 21/04/2026We want to level the playing field for people with learning disabilities by establishing more consistent ways to measure the impact of things that affect their lives. 112
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 20/04/2026We've matched volunteer economists with Speech Bubbles CIC through our Data First Aid programme 🎉 111
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 14/04/2026When we brought together experts from across the private, public and social sectors for the Law Family Commission on Civil Society, one of their recommendations for unleashing the potential of civil society was to help the sector share knowledge and build on what works. 1/3 111
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 09/04/2026We estimated that ending chronic loneliness could reduce the need for almost a million GP appointments per year. Loneliness is one of the key drivers of low wellbeing and a priority issue for us. 110
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 08/04/2026Get pro bono support from our in-house economists for your charity or social enterprise 👀 The application window for pro bono analysis projects is open for a limited time. To be eligible to apply, your charity or social enterprise must be based in the UK and benefit UK communities. 120
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 02/04/2026Is social media the reason teenagers in the UK have the lowest wellbeing in Europe? Last week, a landmark legal judgement in the US against the parent companies of Instagram and YouTube found that a young woman became addicted to social media as a child which worsened her mental health. 111
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 30/03/2026We've matched Marion Gady with @autistica.org.uk 🎉 Marion and a team of economists from FTI will be working with Autistica to create scenarios and break-even analyses to estimate economic benefits from neuroinclusion improvements. 110
PBE @pbe.co.uk · 25/03/2026Earlier this month, our executive team and board came together for PBE’s annual strategy away day – a chance to step back from the day-to-day to reflect on our broader approach to delivering against our mission of improving outcomes for those with the lowest wellbeing in the UK. 111
![“For the 10th anniversary [of Loneliness Awareness Week] we are calling on a renewed national leadership on loneliness and social connection through a cross government action plan that future proofs the social health of young people and recognises the importance of a coordinated, multi-systemic approach to address loneliness in all ages.”
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