“What does it take for our most vulnerable people to succeed in mainstream schools?' Jack Reynolds reflects on the value of this report for making resourcing decisions and answering this guiding question.

PBE Chief Economist Jon Franklin highlights the value of collaboration with The University of Manchester and #BeeWell in the evaluation of Football Beyond Borders's Trusted Adult programme. #PBEEvents

Watch the webinar: youtube.com/live/LQaCS7yKI…

🔔Our webinar is about to start!

Follow the link below to hear about the exciting new ways of measuring impact that Football Beyond Borders has used to evaluate the power of a trusted adult in improving young people's wellbeing.

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Wellbeing improvements delivered by Football Beyond Borders are estimated to have significant value to society. The programme generated £5.5mn of wellbeing benefits in 2022/23 - that’s equivalent to £150,000 per trusted adult practitioner. 6/8

A study from The University of Manchester using data from #BeeWell suggests that the FBB programme protects “at risk” young people from declines in wellbeing. The difference in wellbeing between those supported and a comparison group was substantial. 5/8

🚨New report out today!

PBE research for Football Beyond Borders uses exciting new ways of measuring impact to evaluate the difference a trusted adult can make to the wellbeing of children at greatest risk of exclusion.

Read the report:
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Powerful call to arms from Gordon Brown on bringing the public, private and social sectors together to help end poverty and destitution in the UK

Draws in part on Pro Bono Economics findings and recommendations from the Law Family Commission on Civil Society
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🚨Out today!

Our analysis for MQ suggests making ADIE treatment available to all autistic people with generalised anxiety disorder could significantly improve their quality of life. The economic benefits of this could be between £125-£170mn.
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📢Volunteer opportunity

Community Base provides affordable working space to community & voluntary groups in Brighton. They are looking for a volunteer with Excel and data vis skills to help convey the difference the charity makes.

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My Chair is better than your Chair #162

He's dealt with more than a few challenges over the course of his career, but this might just be the hardest one Gus O'Donnell has ever taken on!

I'll be providing solidarity by eating one biscuit for every push up Gus completes #brave

🎭 With tailored economist support, performing arts charity Artis Foundation have demonstrated the value of consistent, ongoing data collection to communicate impact.

PBE Economic Associate Samuel Dias reflects on the experience: ow.ly/Z8R650QRaVH

Helpful reminder of the Pro Bono Economics Budget response here. And for more on today's labour market data and rising inactivity, check out this equally helpful thread from the ever-brilliant Tony Wilson x.com/tonywilsonIES/…

Today's Office for National Statistics (ONS) labour market stats reinforce the picture presented by Office for Budget Responsibility on economic inactivity.

Number entirely outside the workforce is ↗️ on the quarter and ↗️ on the year, with long-term sickness an ongoing concern.

PBE's response to the outlook: ow.ly/MgMp50QQZeU

Today's jobs stats: pretty subdued again.

- Employment rate still well down on pre-Covid
- Half a million more outside labour force, especially older and young people
- This is holding back recovery, with 900k unfilled jobs
- Need to do more to reach and support people...
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In 2019, women in the charity sector contributed £19bn to the UK economy.

Our ‘Women and the charity sector’ report spotlights the valuable contributions women make through paid and unpaid work for charities. #IWD2024

Read our report: probonoeconomics.com/women-in-chari…

After thoroughly reviewing the #Budget2024 alongside the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast, the PBE team has concluded their assessment on the implications for UK charities.

Read our insights for the social sector here: probonoeconomics.com/spring-budget-…

#SpringBudget

Inching forwards, weighed down. Pro Bono Economics's #Budget24 analysis now out

The economy is turning a corner, but it's doing so very slowly.

Take GDP per capita. It's on the up, but not due to return to its pre-pandemic peak until the middle of 2025 1/
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The good news is the we're turning the household income corner, and sooner than was projected at the Autumn Statement. But it's a really slow recovery. And we're starting the journey £1,400 per person down on pre-pandemic projections and £8,245 down on pre-financial crisis trend

Good to hear the Chancellor make the case today for GDP per person being a better measure of living standards than overall GDP. Worth noting then that the OBR is now projecting a slight upgrade on GDP relative to the Autumn Statement, but a slight downgrade on GDP per person