Evidence, Campaigning and the General Election – Sharing Our Plans
Monday 8 September, 2014
Nesta, 1 Plough Place, London, EC4A 1DE
This lunchtime roundtable was a practical and informal forum to share plans for the 2015 Election.
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What Works in Wales: drawing on public policy evidence from across the UK
4 September, 2014The early days of devolution failed to deliver on their promise of ‘national laboratories’, where we could test different approaches to public services reform. Now, argues Professor Steve Martin, times have changed and the newly established Public... - article
Evidence in social work: the unfinished and flawed agenda
29 July, 2014Policy makers and commissioners alike want to identify best evidence. The argument goes that the application of empirical evidence should promote better policies, improve services and promote the more efficient use of resources, but it has... Guide to Testing Social Policy Innovation
July 2014The guide covers (1) Randomised Controlled Trials; (2) Differences-in-Differences; (3) Statistical matching; and (4) Regression Discontinuity Design. A primer for the professional training we ran for the European Commission for the project SPARK, in partnership with...
publication Year Two Overview, May 2013 – April 2014
July 2014An overview of the Alliance's second year. This was an internal report for our funders, which has been made public. It details our achievements over the last year.
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Blog series: How can a What Works Centre for Well-being be useful?
3 July, 2014At a recent Alliance conference, ‘Evidence and well-being’, attendees explored how well-being initiatives would benefit from a dedicated What Works Centre and how the Centre might work in practice, videos of the presentations can be found here. This... - article
1. Putting well-being at the heart of education: all aboard the bandwagon!
3 July, 2014Adrian Bethune argues that the happiness and well-being of our children should be the main aim and purpose of our education system and a What Works Centre for well-being will lead the way – gathering the... - article
2. We need a What Works Centre for Well-being: getting evidence out on to the front line
3 July, 2014Evaluating a complex community initiative like Well London is always going to be a challenge. A What Works Centre for Well-being would, Alison Pearce argues, help organisations to network and share information – getting evidence out... - article
3. Relationships should be at the heart of well-being
3 July, 2014What drives well-being? Sam Smethers argues that relationships are the key to our well-being and interventions must focus on this if they are to help their clients cope with the challenges they face. Current research focuses... - article
4. Evidence and well-being: join the campaign to re-balance the way in which we hold schools to account
3 July, 2014Children with higher levels of well-being do better academically, according to evidence discussed by Joe Hayman, Chief Executive of the PSHE Association. But the balance of accountability in schools is biased towards academic outcomes. We need... - article
5. A What Works Centre for Well-being: why does Citizens Advice need to know what works?
3 July, 2014Our clients have complex lives and well-being can be both a driver for, and a consequence of the problems clients come to see us about. Understanding how far our services can measure and potentially improve well-being... - article
6. Evidence and well-being: why we need to listen to local politicians
3 July, 2014The usual Whitehall default towards centralisation should be avoided so that we include more local voices – including politicians – in any What Works Centre for Well-being because local relationships are deeper and more long term, there...
