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Foreword Liam Byrne, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Kevin Brennan, Minister for the Third Se... more Foreword Liam Byrne, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Kevin Brennan, Minister for the Third Sector Government wants to strengthen the already powerful impact of third sector organisations in our economy. We are also leading a new drive to transform our public services. While many third sector organisations have a powerful story to tell, the social and environmental value of the impact being made is often underplayed. As we face tough economic times, it is now more important than ever that we allow for better recognition of those who create social and environmental value, leading to more efficient movement of resources to the right people, in the right place, at the right time. This new guide to Social Return on Investment is timely, as it will help third sector organisations to communicate better their impact to customers, government and the public, through measuring social and environmental value with confidence, in a standardised way that is easy for all to understand. The guid...
The policy response to the euro crisis since 2008 has been an extremely protracted affair, set ag... more The policy response to the euro crisis since 2008 has been an extremely protracted affair, set against the backdrop not only of containing financial and sovereign debt crises and managing the risks of financial contagion (more normally associated with emerging economies) but also of the possibility of the euro’s extinction – at least until the European Central Bank made assurances in July 2012 that it would do “whatever it took” to save the euro, a declaration that reverberated around global financial markets and acted as a necessary precondition to the effectiveness of a long-term policy response (the jury is still out on the latter, of course).
Foreword Liam Byrne, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Kevin Brennan, Minister for the Third Se... more Foreword Liam Byrne, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Kevin Brennan, Minister for the Third Sector Government wants to strengthen the already powerful impact of third sector organisations in our economy. We are also leading a new drive to transform our public services. While many third sector organisations have a powerful story to tell, the social and environmental value of the impact being made is often underplayed. As we face tough economic times, it is now more important than ever that we allow for better recognition of those who create social and environmental value, leading to more efficient movement of resources to the right people, in the right place, at the right time. This new guide to Social Return on Investment is timely, as it will help third sector organisations to communicate better their impact to customers, government and the public, through measuring social and environmental value with confidence, in a standardised way that is easy for all to understand. The guid...
The policy response to the euro crisis since 2008 has been an extremely protracted affair, set ag... more The policy response to the euro crisis since 2008 has been an extremely protracted affair, set against the backdrop not only of containing financial and sovereign debt crises and managing the risks of financial contagion (more normally associated with emerging economies) but also of the possibility of the euro’s extinction – at least until the European Central Bank made assurances in July 2012 that it would do “whatever it took” to save the euro, a declaration that reverberated around global financial markets and acted as a necessary precondition to the effectiveness of a long-term policy response (the jury is still out on the latter, of course).