Great to be at the @ipprscotland.bsky.social conference this morning. @sarahdavidson.bsky.social from Carnegie UK outlined some options for Scotland to change the record about the fiscal challenges Scotland faces.

📢 New report | Our 2025 #LifeInTheUK research shows that the wellbeing of people across the UK has not improved over the past year. Find out more: carnegieuk.org/publication/...

Life in the UK 2025 - Carnegie UK

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📊 How are people across the UK really doing? Join us on Tue 28 Oct, 10-11am to hear Susan Pinkney present our latest Life in the UK findings with reflections from @graceblakeley.substack.com. carnegieuk.org/event/how-is...

We’ve published three new reports today which offer insights into how our public finance systems could be reimagined to create fairer systems, rebuild trust & put collective wellbeing at the heart of decision making. Find out more: carnegieuk.org/programmes/f...

Financing the Future - Carnegie UK

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From New Zealand to South Korea, governments are testing new ways to align budgets with wellbeing. In this 10 minute video, Dr Cressida Gaukroger and @sarahdavidson.bsky.social discuss the key themes from our new report on budgeting for wellbeing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtdP...

Budgeting for Wellbeing: Dr Cressida Gaukroger and Sarah Davidson

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"The privilege of days like yesterday is the space they offer to be challenged; to reflect; to hear what other people are up to; to articulate your own thinking." @sarahdavidson.bsky.social shares reflections from the #CommunityWealthBuilding Summit in our new blog: carnegieuk.org/blog/strengt...

Strength in numbers: Reflections from the Community Wealth Building Summit - Carnegie UK

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New blog from @sarahdavidson.bsky.social for @pbe.co.uk on why wellbeing must drive government decisions ⬇️

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“The main purpose of government should be to improve the wellbeing of the people.” In a new blog, @sarahdavidson.bsky.social makes the case that UK government has the data on wellbeing - but isn't using it to drive action. Read why she believes that must change 👇 pbe.co.uk/insights/why...

Following last week's Spending Review, read an article by our CEO @sarahdavidson.bsky.social in @civilserviceworld.bsky.social making the case for a new way to measure progress in the UK: www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...

Renewing Britain means rethinking how we measure progress

There must be less focus on the money going in and more on the difference being made, writes a former Scottish government DG

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📢"There must be less focus on the money going in and more on the difference being made..." Read @sarahdavidson.bsky.social on measuring progress in the UK in Civil Service World: www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...

Renewing Britain means rethinking how we measure progress

There must be less focus on the money going in and more on the difference being made, writes a former Scottish government DG

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Yesterday the Scottish Government published their Public Service Reform Strategy. Our chief executive @sarahdavidson.bsky.social, a member of the Public Service Reform board, welcomed the publication but argued that this can't be the end of the story: lnkd.in/eKnNE4vm

The 2025 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy ceremony took place this afternoon at The Signet Library in Edinburgh! A huge congratulations to our seven recipients whose generosity and leadership embody Andrew Carnegie’s legacy of using philanthropy to drive meaningful change.

Day 1 - last session of my day: ‘From Utopian Ideal to Economic Imperative’. Excellent session with contributions from @mattwhittaker.bsky.social & @sarahdavidson.bsky.social. Leaders of two excellent orgs contributing to the #Wellbeing economy research landscape.

Pick up a copy of the Yorkshire Post this morning to read @sarahdavidson.bsky.social argue that devolution in England offers an opportunity to restore trust in politics, but only if it change how as well as where decisions are made

NEW BLOG | 🎂 Is it appropriate to wish the NI Executive a Happy Birthday? @sarahdavidson.bsky.social reflects on 12 months of power-sharing at Stormont & the importance of the wellbeing approach in the draft Programme for Government. carnegieuk.org/blog/one-ful...

Our chief executive @sarahdavidson.bsky.social and senior policy advocate @hannahpaylor.bsky.social were pleased to meet NI Executive Junior Ministers Aisling Reilly and Pam Cameron in Belfast today. Read the NI breakdown of our Life in the UK Index: carnegieuk.org/publication/...

Want to know more about our live tenders? 🔵 Budgeting for Wellbeing: carnegieuk.org/publication/... 🔵 Stakeholder Survey and Interviews: carnegieuk.org/publication/... We’re always happy to have a chat so reach out if you have any questions about any of these opportunities.

Invitation to Tender: Budgeting for Wellbeing - Carnegie UK

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We’ve started 2025 with lots of exciting opportunities! 🎉 Hear all about them in our new video from Adam: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUvZ... Interested in our vacancies? All the information you need to apply is here: carnegieuk.org/work-with-us/

Adam Lang shares Carnegie UK's current vacancies and tender opportunities

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Not one but TWO new senior research roles have opened up @carnegieuk.bsky.social Are you a proven researcher who wants to work at the interface between data, research, public policy and practice? Research and Insight: https://buff.ly/40wnmml Data and Insight: https://buff.ly/40xXHK7

Our first ever jobs post on @bsky.app - will the 🦋 lead us to our new research colleagues in 2025? Please read, get in touch, share…

Carnegie UK@carnegieuk.bsky.social · 2y ago

Join the team! 📢 We’re excited to be recruiting two new roles to join our policy team, focusing on research and data. 🔵 Senior Researcher (Research and Insight) 🔵 Senior Researcher (Data and Insight) Find out more and apply: carnegieuk.org/work-with-us/

“Debate could do with less of a myopic focus on GDP…” Letter to the @financialtimes.com from @sarahdavidson.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/8525...

Letter: Debate could do with less of a myopic focus on GDP

From Sarah Davidson, Chief Executive, Carnegie UK, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK

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Very lucky to be in my own bed tonight. Love this tradition though, and delighted to have found it too has migrated. gofund.me/b46809ec

Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2024, organized by Rhodri Marsden

Unbelievably, it's the 14th year of this thing. What is it? Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2024

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Rhodri Marsden@rhodri.biz · 2y ago

So, let's try doing #duvetknowitschristmas here this evening? People are literally Driving Home For Christmas right now, which MIGHT JUST mean that they'll be sleeping somewhere unusual. 1/

Particular thanks to @timhayward.bsky.social @financialtimes.com this advent for the concept of the “small, surgical strike martini”. Chapeau.🍸

And you can check out this article by @sarahdavidson.bsky.social where she argues that @johnswinney.bsky.social and @kateforbes.bsky.social could put the NPF at the centre of their approach to government: www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

How John Swinney can reclaim his 2007 vision

While keen followers of Scottish politics were interpreting every meaningful look from John Swinney on May 1, they could be forgiven for missing a…

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📢”…the prime minister and his team are right to try to paint a picture of better lives in an improved country.” Read @sarahdavidson.bsky.social ‘s new letter in @theguardian.com making the case for a systematic approach to tackling our biggest problems: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Have faith in Labour’s grownup government | Letters

Letters: Sarah Davidson says the government has a shot at solving profound generational challenges and Bryan Merton welcomes Polly Toynbee’s positive perspective. But Bernie Evans wants to see more ac...

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This 👇🏻 - couldn’t agree more about team design and the fact that we really, really don’t need any more heroes who don’t have time (or inclination) to understand the system dynamics at play.

Rachel Coldicutt@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 2y ago

Lots of sensible experienced seem pleased by Pat McFadden's speech today so I'm assuming it was full of good stuff, but as well as rolling my eyes at the "start-up" stuff, I am here to be a Debbie Downer about "crack teams", because do you know who usually gets to be on crack teams? Young men

The PM threatens Whitehall with “the heavy thud of a gauntlet being thrown down”. 🤨 More usefully, he and the new Cabinet Secretary might study the evidence about what really works to embed mission or outcome-led government. I’ve written about that here: carnegieuk.org/publication/...

This week on #UofGSpotlight podcast we discuss Mission-Led Government. @kezdugdale.bsky.social, @sarahdavidson.bsky.social, @ianelliott.bsky.social explore how the government can deliver on this and learn from public administration reforms in Scotland and Wales. Listen: www.uofgspotlight.com 1/2

Unsurprisingly, I have views on “mission-led government”. Grateful to @uofgpolicy.bsky.social and @carnegieuk.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to air them.

UofG Centre for Public Policy@uofgpolicy.bsky.social · 2y ago

📑New report which warns "mission-led government is magical thinking without Whitehall reform" Our Honorary Professor, @sarahdavidson.bsky.social, @carnegieuk.bsky.social, argues that reforms need to learn from public administration changes in Scotland and Wales. 🔗 carnegieuk.org/publication/...

This is something we've been planning towards for ages and it's great to see it out in the world. An opportunity to give even more life to our lovely 2021 visual brand by Red Pencil. Props to the whole team for making it happen. 👏

Carnegie UK@carnegieuk.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎉 Exciting news! We’ve been working with The Lane Agency to redesign our website & we’re thrilled to launch it today! Take a look: carnegieuk.org

I was at the @oecdocde.bsky.social World Wellbeing Forum in Rome a few weeks ago. I’ve gone back to my copious notes and tried to draw out the key points worth sharing more widely. Lots to think on…

Carnegie UK@carnegieuk.bsky.social · 2y ago

Fighting for wellbeing at the OECD conference in Rome carnegieuktrust.org.uk/blog-posts/f... < New blog by @sarahdavidson.bsky.social