A problem shared? Developing a cross-sectoral approach to tackling loneliness
After more than a year of lockdowns, social distancing and self-isolating, levels of loneliness in Britain have increased by almost 50%. Yet loneliness is not just a challenge for people...
Loneliness
People under 30, women, those who are separated from their partners, the unemployed, and those reporting poor health are most likely to be affected, according to our analysis. Ending chronic...
Lonely this Christmas? Mapping loneliness in England
By Jack Larkham and Charlotte Prothero Amid the obvious causes for celebration, the holidays present some significant challenges for many of us. From the pressures of buying presents, cooking a turkey,...
Trustee
About us At PBE we use economics to improve lives. Through analytical expertise and our close connection with the social sector, we help charities, funders, firms and policymakers tackle the...
Economics to improve lives
Right now, over 3 million of us are living in ‘wellbeing poverty’. Long-term challenges – including poor health, loneliness, and economic insecurity – continue to weigh heavily on people’s lives. ...
Entering ‘listening mode’: Conservatives and the social sector
The relationship between the Conservative Party and civil society has been a complex one—at times cooperative, at other times strained. But PBE’s event, Beyond Big Society: Conservative’s relationship with the Social...
A Civil Alliance
Civil society and the civil service often work to a common purpose – after all, both are concerned with the ‘civil’, namely citizens and their concerns. However, a closer relationship...
Low wellbeing in the UK – trends, drivers and solutions
How is the UK doing? The simplest way to understand this is to ask its people how they are doing. And happily, that is something that has been happening for more than...
Our impact in 2024
By Tera Allas, Chair, Pro Bono Economics and Matt Whittaker, CEO, Pro Bono Economics While 2024 was a year of change for the country, with the general election delivering a first...
Five years on from lockdown, how are we all doing?
By PBE CEO Matt Whittaker Remarkably, next month marks the five-year anniversary of the first national lockdown of the Covid pandemic. As surreal as it was tragic, it’s a period...