How can PBE help your charity

We partner volunteers with social sector organisations to deliver in-depth projects that help with funding, influencing and impact reporting. These projects take many forms – from impact evaluations measuring how a charity’s work benefits society compared to its costs; to advocacy projects using rigorous analysis to show the benefits of policy change or calculate the true, often unseen cost of societal issues.

Data first aid

Get free support from a dedicated volunteer economist who can help charities with data analysis or visualisation, spreadsheets or short pieces of research.

PBE can provide charities with pro bono support from a dedicated volunteer economist to help them with their ad hoc data needs. That might include data analysis or visualisation, spreadsheet tasks or short pieces of research.

Workshops

Looking to measure, understand and articulate your impact, but not sure where to begin?

At our flagship Unlocking Impact Workshop, you will receive an expert-led introduction to the economic approach to measuring and valuing the impact of your work. Alongside other organisations at a similar stage in their data journey.

Analysis, Advocacy and Advice

We partner charities with expert volunteers to deliver in-depth projects that help with funding, influencing and impact reporting. These projects take many forms – from impact evaluations to advocacy projects.

Typically take 6-18 months to complete

Economic analysis

In depth economic evaluation to measure the impact of a charity or intervention on wider society, against the costs of delivery. This type of project might allow the charity to say: “For every £1 spent, we generate £X of benefits to society.”

Advocacy & insight

Rigorous analysis of evidence to quantify the benefits of policy change or the cost of a problem, e.g. the cost to UK taxpayers of failing to support children exposed to domestic violence.

Data advice

Detailed assessment of the feasibility of a project; whether there is sufficient data and/or evidence available to do analysis or write an Advocacy report. If there is not, expert economists will advise charities on the steps needed to make a robust economic evaluation possible in the future. 

What other charities said about PBE's Data First Aid programme?

  • Education charity

    "We have really valued our relationship with PBE, and have found our work with them really beneficial in helping to articulate the issues in children’s social care.”

    Georgia Power, Local Public Affairs Manager at The Children’s Society
  • Education charity

    “Since its release, the PBE report has been central to our funding efforts. It has been included in every funding application and impact report where qualitative evidence was allowed, serving as a cornerstone of our narrative when engaging with funders.

  • Education charity

    “The report has strengthened our narrative and reinforced confidence in our impact among funders.”

    Lee Parker, Head of External Relations at Football Beyond Borders