The coronavirus pandemic has underscored the need for a universal safety net. The government’s 2020 budget, and subsequent measures, tried to bring in temporary changes to social security and “do whatever it takes” to respond to the threat of coronavirus…. Read more »
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A trauma informed approach in crisis support
Author: Tiffany Lam, Consultant, NEF Consulting Many people, including those who seek crisis support services, have experienced trauma. It may be more prevalent than we think. 1 in 3 adults in England have experienced trauma. And in the UK, 31%… Read more »
Bristol airport: inconsistencies in the case for expansion
Plans for expansion of Bristol Airport may have overestimated benefits to the region by £280 million. The business case for the expansion of Bristol Airport may have significantly overestimated its economic benefits, and underestimated its social and environmental costs, a… Read more »
Visitor impact on an area of outstanding natural beauty
The Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty commissioned NEF Consulting to measure and assess the economic and social wellbeing benefits and the environmental impacts of six visitor sites. The aim was to assess the impact of… Read more »
Unpaid care isn’t free
MODELLING THE SOCIOECONOMICS OF CARE It is now widely recognised that Britain’s army of unpaid carers, family and friends of those with care and support needs, contribute the equivalent of over £57bn in service to our community each year. What is less… Read more »
Improving frontline crisis support
HELP THROUGH CRISIS Help through Crisis (HtC) is a £33 million National Lottery funded programme set up by The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. Help through Crisis supports 69 partnerships across England… Read more »
Redistributing surplus food to charities saves the UK economy £51 million every year
The Wasted Opportunity: Fareshare report A new socio-economic impact report commissioned from NEF Consulting by FareShare confirms that by collecting food that would otherwise go to waste and redistributing it to good causes, the charity saves the UK economy approximately… Read more »
How much is a human life worth?
Monetisation and Social Return on Investment (SROI) AUTHOR: Sarah Arnold Sarah is the trainer for our two-day SROI training course and here introduces an article she co-authored with other SROI experts. You might think it impossible to put a pound sign on… Read more »
The road to prosperity?
Why extending the M4 is not the way AUTHOR: Alex Chapman, Consultant, NEF Consulting If governments took decisions on infrastructure based on making people, communities and the environment healthier, how would they look? What demands would we make of them?… Read more »
The war on solar
AUTHOR: Alex Chapman, NEF Consulting The government were warned what scrapping the feed-in tariff would do – and now it’s happened. Back in November I invited a local solar installation company round to my house to take a look at… Read more »
How do you measure wellbeing? A new guide for frontline organisations
The New Economics Foundation has, in partnership with the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, launched new guidance for frontline organisations looking to understand and measure wellbeing. You can find more details about the new guidance and other resources from NEF Consulting on our wellbeing… Read more »
Fairtrade Foundation
Costs and benefits of a hypothetical collaborative sustainability initiative in the UK pineapple industry The Fairtrade Foundation commissioned NEF Consulting to conduct a social cost benefit analysis (SCBA) of a hypothetical collaborative sustainability initiative in the market for fresh pineapples… Read more »
WWF: Socio-economic benefits assessment of Celtic Seas Partnership guidelines
Socio-economic benefits assessment of Celtic Seas Partnership guidelines WWF commissioned NEF Consulting to conduct an socio-economic benefits assessment of co-existence guidelines produced by the Celtic Seas Partnership. The Celtic Seas is an area of the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland… Read more »
Impact evaluation of Wates’ relationship with social enterprises
The Wates Group has set a target to work with a social enterprise on every project. In 2013 the group launched the first national Social Enterprise Brokerage (SEB) site in partnership with Social Enterprise UK (SEUK). They aim to generate trade of… Read more »
Wellbeing inequality: Research shines light on council ‘happiness gap’
New research by the New Economics Foundation for the What Works Centre for Wellbeing has revealed the differences in wellbeing across council areas in the United Kingdom. Pulling together a wide range of data, the report, Measuring wellbeing inequality in Britain, the… Read more »
Community-defined social KPIs for regeneration programmes
Author: Elizabeth Cox, Associate Director, NEF Consulting There has never been a greater and more urgent need for a new economy. In response to challenges around housing and rising land prices, many local authorities are moving people in social and… Read more »
Local early action: how to make it happen
A new report on local early action was recently published by the New Economics Foundation for the Southwark and Lambeth Early Action Commission. This report is the product of an 18-month programme of work funded through Southwark and Lambeth councils…. Read more »
Accelerating the new economy
AUTHOR: Michael Weatherhead, International Director, NEF Consulting. What is the best way to affect change? The New Economy Accelerator (NEA) programme believes it is to support spaces for radical experimentation. This experimentation is crucial to proving there are alternative ways the… Read more »
In SROI, what people says matters
Involving stakeholders at each stage of an evaluation is one of the fundamental principles of SROI, and should be celebrated as one of its greatest strengths. By Sarah Arnold, Economist, NEF Consulting. The common thread underpinning NEF Consulting’s work is… Read more »
New report on the social value of investing in dementia
The Health Innovation Network, Academic Health Science Network for South London, has published a report proving that the positive social value of peer support groups for people with dementia, their carers and volunteers can be far greater than the investment…. Read more »
Leading the fight for fairness
By Sarah Lyall, Researcher, Social Policy, New Economics Foundation. The most intriguing developments in reducing inequality and poverty are happening in local, not national, government. In Plymouth, as in much of the rest of UK, empty homes purchased as second… Read more »