Social impact
Policy report
Shaping the COVID decade: addressing the long-term societal impacts of COVID-19
No single metaphor can capture the complexity or ramifications of the societal impact of COVID-19 pandemic. This report presents the British Academy’s review of the policy implications of COVID-19.
Report
Build back stronger
Drawing on the contributions of over 50,000 citizens, the landmark report of Renew Normal: the People’s Commission on Life After COVID-19 says that without radical reform to build a stronger, more resilient and more united nation, the UK risks never recovering from the huge social and economic impact of the pandemic.
Article
Developing sustainable and high impact NFPs for Indigenous Australians
In this article, Aboriginal non-profit leader and Fulbright Scholar, Adam Davids, offers insights for Indigenous not-for-profits by drawing on the experience of successful racial minority-serving institutions in the USA.
Journal article
Meaningful Evaluation: a holistic and systemic approach to understanding and assessing outcomes
After briefly reviewing some of the key problems with how outcomes measurement is practised, this article presents some recent approaches from the evaluation field that attempt to address some of these concerns before introducing a new approach to understanding and evaluating outcomes – Meaningful Evaluation (ME).
Discussion paper
Discussion paper: Co-operatives and Mutuals as social enterprises
This paper discusses how co-operatives and mutuals sit alongside contemporary definitions and accreditation processes for social enterprise and the alignment between the objectives of social enterprise policymakers and the purpose of co-operative and mutual enterprises. The case study section, provided as an appendix, includes important examples of co-operative social enterprises owned by workers, consumers, producers...