Beautiful Enterprise Policy Lab
This space is for floating new ideas and resources. Often they are inspired by, or spin-off from, research, work or conversations that I am currently involved in. These papers, reports and tools are shared freely in the hope that they will provoke discussion and prove helpful. If you’d like to discuss any of them please get in touch.
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No More Coasting Along: A new Coastal Regeneration Agency for England
Our coastal areas have been ignored for too long. This Policy Lab Paper makes the case for a new Coastal Regeneration Agency for England. It draws on evidence about coastal deprivation, looks at the lessons from recent government interventions and identifies a viable funding stream. Why not?
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The Art of Measurement: An Impact Framework for cultural institutions
Arts and cultural institutions benefit from being able to measure their social, economic and environmental impacts - as well as their cultural impacts. This Paper sets out a new rounded impact assessment framework developed specifically for use by arts and cultural charities.
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Social Enterprise in the UK: A question of growth
This paper provides a new and updated assessment of the scale of social enterprise in the UK. It also raises three important questions about how and where this growth is happening - questions that will need to be addressed if social investment and support are to be effectively delivered.