Reposted by Sarah DavidsonStu Mackinnon @stumackinnon.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Great to be at the @ipprscotland.bsky.social conference this morning. @sarahdavidson.bsky.social from Carnegie UK outlined some options for Scotland to change the record about the fiscal challenges Scotland faces. 121
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 27/10/2025📢 New report | Our 2025 #LifeInTheUK research shows that the wellbeing of people across the UK has not improved over the past year. Find out more: carnegieuk.org/publication/...carnegieuk.orgLife in the UK 2025 - Carnegie UK 016
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 21/10/2025📊 How are people across the UK really doing? Join us on Tue 28 Oct, 10-11am to hear Susan Pinkney present our latest Life in the UK findings with reflections from @graceblakeley.substack.com. carnegieuk.org/event/how-is... 057
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2025We’ve published three new reports today which offer insights into how our public finance systems could be reimagined to create fairer systems, rebuild trust & put collective wellbeing at the heart of decision making. Find out more: carnegieuk.org/programmes/f...carnegieuk.orgFinancing the Future - Carnegie UK 001
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2025From New Zealand to South Korea, governments are testing new ways to align budgets with wellbeing. In this 10 minute video, Dr Cressida Gaukroger and @sarahdavidson.bsky.social discuss the key themes from our new report on budgeting for wellbeing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtdP...youtube.comBudgeting for Wellbeing: Dr Cressida Gaukroger and Sarah DavidsonYouTube video by Carnegie UK 012
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 04/07/2025"The privilege of days like yesterday is the space they offer to be challenged; to reflect; to hear what other people are up to; to articulate your own thinking." @sarahdavidson.bsky.social shares reflections from the #CommunityWealthBuilding Summit in our new blog: carnegieuk.org/blog/strengt...carnegieuk.orgStrength in numbers: Reflections from the Community Wealth Building Summit - Carnegie UK 002
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 24/06/2025New blog from @sarahdavidson.bsky.social for @pbe.co.uk on why wellbeing must drive government decisions ⬇️ 062
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Following last week's Spending Review, read an article by our CEO @sarahdavidson.bsky.social in @civilserviceworld.bsky.social making the case for a new way to measure progress in the UK: www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...civilserviceworld.comRenewing Britain means rethinking how we measure progressThere must be less focus on the money going in and more on the difference being made, writes a former Scottish government DG 001
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 18/06/2025📢"There must be less focus on the money going in and more on the difference being made..." Read @sarahdavidson.bsky.social on measuring progress in the UK in Civil Service World: www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...civilserviceworld.comRenewing Britain means rethinking how we measure progressThere must be less focus on the money going in and more on the difference being made, writes a former Scottish government DG 012
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Yesterday the Scottish Government published their Public Service Reform Strategy. Our chief executive @sarahdavidson.bsky.social, a member of the Public Service Reform board, welcomed the publication but argued that this can't be the end of the story: lnkd.in/eKnNE4vm 123
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 07/05/2025The 2025 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy ceremony took place this afternoon at The Signet Library in Edinburgh! A huge congratulations to our seven recipients whose generosity and leadership embody Andrew Carnegie’s legacy of using philanthropy to drive meaningful change. 022
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonRyan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Day 1 - last session of my day: ‘From Utopian Ideal to Economic Imperative’. Excellent session with contributions from @mattwhittaker.bsky.social & @sarahdavidson.bsky.social. Leaders of two excellent orgs contributing to the #Wellbeing economy research landscape. 031
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Pick up a copy of the Yorkshire Post this morning to read @sarahdavidson.bsky.social argue that devolution in England offers an opportunity to restore trust in politics, but only if it change how as well as where decisions are made 022
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2025NEW BLOG | 🎂 Is it appropriate to wish the NI Executive a Happy Birthday? @sarahdavidson.bsky.social reflects on 12 months of power-sharing at Stormont & the importance of the wellbeing approach in the draft Programme for Government. carnegieuk.org/blog/one-ful... 012
Sarah Davidson @sarahdavidson.bsky.social · 30/01/2025A friend and I were just saying the other night that this is one of our absolutely favourite songs ever. Aspirations for the future: Paris, warm wind, hair. 110
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Our chief executive @sarahdavidson.bsky.social and senior policy advocate @hannahpaylor.bsky.social were pleased to meet NI Executive Junior Ministers Aisling Reilly and Pam Cameron in Belfast today. Read the NI breakdown of our Life in the UK Index: carnegieuk.org/publication/... 011
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Want to know more about our live tenders? 🔵 Budgeting for Wellbeing: carnegieuk.org/publication/... 🔵 Stakeholder Survey and Interviews: carnegieuk.org/publication/... We’re always happy to have a chat so reach out if you have any questions about any of these opportunities.carnegieuk.orgInvitation to Tender: Budgeting for Wellbeing - Carnegie UK 011
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 16/01/2025We’ve started 2025 with lots of exciting opportunities! 🎉 Hear all about them in our new video from Adam: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUvZ... Interested in our vacancies? All the information you need to apply is here: carnegieuk.org/work-with-us/youtube.comAdam Lang shares Carnegie UK's current vacancies and tender opportunitiesYouTube video by Carnegie UK 111
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonSmart Thinking @smartthinking.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Not one but TWO new senior research roles have opened up @carnegieuk.bsky.social Are you a proven researcher who wants to work at the interface between data, research, public policy and practice? Research and Insight: buff.ly/40wnmml Data and Insight: buff.ly/40xXHK7 004
Sarah Davidson @sarahdavidson.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Our first ever jobs post on @bsky.app - will the 🦋 lead us to our new research colleagues in 2025? Please read, get in touch, share… 272
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 30/12/2024“Debate could do with less of a myopic focus on GDP…” Letter to the @financialtimes.com from @sarahdavidson.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/8525...ft.comLetter: Debate could do with less of a myopic focus on GDPFrom Sarah Davidson, Chief Executive, Carnegie UK, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK 022
Sarah Davidson @sarahdavidson.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Very lucky to be in my own bed tonight. Love this tradition though, and delighted to have found it too has migrated. gofund.me/b46809ecgofund.meDonate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2024, organized by Rhodri MarsdenUnbelievably, it's the 14th year of this thing. What is it? Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2024 041
Sarah Davidson @sarahdavidson.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Particular thanks to @timhayward.bsky.social @financialtimes.com this advent for the concept of the “small, surgical strike martini”. Chapeau.🍸 260
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 19/12/2024And you can check out this article by @sarahdavidson.bsky.social where she argues that @johnswinney.bsky.social and @kateforbes.bsky.social could put the NPF at the centre of their approach to government: www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...heraldscotland.comHow John Swinney can reclaim his 2007 visionWhile keen followers of Scottish politics were interpreting every meaningful look from John Swinney on May 1, they could be forgiven for missing a… 002
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 19/12/2024📢”…the prime minister and his team are right to try to paint a picture of better lives in an improved country.” Read @sarahdavidson.bsky.social ‘s new letter in @theguardian.com making the case for a systematic approach to tackling our biggest problems: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comHave faith in Labour’s grownup government | LettersLetters: Sarah Davidson says the government has a shot at solving profound generational challenges and Bryan Merton welcomes Polly Toynbee’s positive perspective. But Bernie Evans wants to see more ac... 102
Sarah Davidson @sarahdavidson.bsky.social · 09/12/2024This 👇🏻 - couldn’t agree more about team design and the fact that we really, really don’t need any more heroes who don’t have time (or inclination) to understand the system dynamics at play. 0101
Sarah Davidson @sarahdavidson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Well put Robbie - what I might (and do!) call wellbeing governance. 000
Sarah Davidson @sarahdavidson.bsky.social · 05/12/2024The PM threatens Whitehall with “the heavy thud of a gauntlet being thrown down”. 🤨 More usefully, he and the new Cabinet Secretary might study the evidence about what really works to embed mission or outcome-led government. I’ve written about that here: carnegieuk.org/publication/...carnegieuk.org 010
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonUofG Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024This week on #UofGSpotlight podcast we discuss Mission-Led Government. @kezdugdale.bsky.social, @sarahdavidson.bsky.social, @ianelliott.bsky.social explore how the government can deliver on this and learn from public administration reforms in Scotland and Wales. Listen: www.uofgspotlight.com 1/2 198
Sarah Davidson @sarahdavidson.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Unsurprisingly, I have views on “mission-led government”. Grateful to @uofgpolicy.bsky.social and @carnegieuk.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to air them. 035
Sarah Davidson @sarahdavidson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024This is something we've been planning towards for ages and it's great to see it out in the world. An opportunity to give even more life to our lovely 2021 visual brand by Red Pencil. Props to the whole team for making it happen. 👏 000
Sarah Davidson @sarahdavidson.bsky.social · 22/11/2024I was at the @oecdocde.bsky.social World Wellbeing Forum in Rome a few weeks ago. I’ve gone back to my copious notes and tried to draw out the key points worth sharing more widely. Lots to think on… 031
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Flatlining Northern Irish wellbeing is real challenge for Executive: sluggerotoole.com/2024/11/21/f... @sarahdavidson.bsky.social writes for @sluggerotoolepols.bsky.social about the NI results of our Life in the UK Indexsluggerotoole.comFlatlining Northern Irish wellbeing is real challenge for ExecutiveSarah Davidson is chief executive of Carnegie UK – a foundation that works on wellbeing public policy Did life improve for you over the last year? Maybe you’ve got more money in the bank or a better... 044
Sarah Davidson @sarahdavidson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Strong agree with the observation here about thinking and long-termism being casualties of short electoral cycles. If this is how it’s going to be, we need to find ways of protecting space for that kind of work. 100
Sarah Davidson @sarahdavidson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024I feel like this (Lesson 1) should be the key lesson for just about every “new” policy proposal under the sun. 010
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonStephen Boyd @stephenboydippr.bsky.social · 20/11/2024My brilliant colleague @rosielockwood.bsky.social has compiled this starter pack of women working in policy, politics, research and media in Scotland - enjoy! 1157
Sarah Davidson @sarahdavidson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024En route to Belfast this morning for the launch of @carnegieuk.bsky.social #LifeInTheUK Index findings. The data highlights the scale of the policy challenge facing the Executive, but we’re encouraged by the overall approach in the draft PfG and its underpinning wellbeing framework. 054
Reposted by Sarah DavidsonCarnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Encouraging to read about the new metrics of social progress being developed to rival GDP: www.theguardian.com/business/202... @phillipinman.bsky.socialtheguardian.comHousework to green energy: the new markers of growth in rival metric to GDPSustainability-focused inclusive income formula accounts for non-monetary factors overlooked in GDP, says ONS 153