Holding the long view: the future of good governance for trusts and foundations - Carnegie UK I recently had the opportunity to attend the Anthropy 2026 event in Cornwall, a gathering that creates space for a different kind of conversation about the UK’s future. Less performative, more reflect...

NEW BLOG: Our Chair, David Emerson, reflects on #Anthropy26 and sets out what good governance looks like when change is long term and uncertain: carnegieuk.org/blog/holding...

Ahead of this year’s Senedd election, in partnership with
@iwa-wales.bsky.social, we invited senior representatives from the main political parties in Wales to reflect on a simple but ambitious question.

What kind of country do you want Wales to be 20 years from now? carnegieuk.org/publication/...

Ahead of this year’s election, we asked senior representatives from Scotland’s biggest political parties what kind of country they want Scotland to be 20 years from now.

We have pulled their responses together into one collection of essays: carnegieuk.org/publication/...

Future wellbeing policy: Lessons from Wales and beyond - Carnegie UK

Our new report looks at how wellbeing policy is developing in Wales & what could help it progress further. It draws on recent conversations in Cardiff, wider evidence & international examples to understand how the Well-being of Future Generations Act is working: carnegieuk.org/publication/...

Digital ID won’t work if you live in rural areas | Letters Letters: Universal phone coverage is yet to arrive in Britain, making a mockery of the government’s planned scheme, writes Teresa Rodrigues. Plus a letter from Sarah Davidson

Read our response to the government’s plans for a citizens’ assembly on digital IDs in The Guardian today: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A year of working together: The wellbeing frameworks community of practice - Carnegie UK In early 2025, Carnegie UK started a new project called the wellbeing frameworks community of practice. The goal was simple: bring together people from governments and councils across the UK and Irela...

In 2025, we started a project focused on wellbeing approaches across the UK and Ireland through the Wellbeing Frameworks Community of Practice.

Our new blog reflects on what the first year of working together has shown us: carnegieuk.org/blog/a-year-...

Lead Trustee for Finance Candidate Pack - Carnegie UK

📢 We're looking for a Lead Trustee for Finance to join our Board

We're keen to hear from those with a strong background in finance and/or accounting, preferably with an understanding of charity finance and an interest in our work to promote wellbeing.

Find out more: carnegieuk.org/publication/...

📝 New blog: @adambalfourlang.bsky.social reflects on how the potential for policy learning and systems change has been the big missed opportunity of UK devolution (so far): carnegieuk.org/blog/policy-...

Refreshing the National Performance Framework A timely opportunity to reflect on what the NPF has achieved to date, what it has struggled to deliver, and how it can be strengthened. The National Performance Framework (NPF) has been a defining…

A recording of our webinar "Refreshing the National Performance Framework" is now online.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jGk...

Featuring Mairi Spowage @fraserofallander.org Sarah Davidson @carnegieuk.bsky.social and Ali Hosie (Scottish Human Rights Commission).

Breaking the Ming vase: A case for state resources for manifesto development Seriousness about delivery should become part of the culture of democratic competition

Manifestos are full of ambition but often short on delivery plans. In a new piece for Civil Service World, @stumackinnon.bsky.social explores how nonpartisan support could help make political promises more realistic and rebuild voter trust: www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...

Breaking the Ming vase: A case for state resources for manifesto development Seriousness about delivery should become part of the culture of democratic competition

Ahead of elections in Scotland and Wales, I've got a piece in @civilserviceworld.bsky.social making the case for some state resources for manifesto development: www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...

We welcome the ONS' new approach to presenting wellbeing data & strongly support the decision to continue measuring trust in government. Statistics like these are vital to identifying shared public policy outcomes & measuring progress on what really matters: carnegieuk.org/news/life-in...

Lead Trustee for Finance Candidate Pack - Carnegie UK

Could you use your strategic financial skills to help us advance the wellbeing of everyone in the UK?

We're looking for a Lead Trustee for Finance to join our Board.

Find out more: carnegieuk.org/publication/...

Could you use your strategic financial skills to help us advance the wellbeing of everyone in the UK?
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Understanding how London measures up on living well  - Carnegie UK Our new interactive wellbeing map, drawn from our Life in the UK Index, offers a richer understanding of what matters to people across England’s regions. Based on the experiences of more than 4,000 pe...

How does London measure up on living well?

Anna Francis explores what our #LifeInTheUK data tells us about life in the capital in our latest blog: carnegieuk.org/blog/underst...

This month's blog is from Adam Lang at @carnegieuk.bsky.social. Adam shares what motivates him in his job, the tools he uses, how he first got into policy and some great insights into what work-life balance really means.

Read it here: bit.ly/4kEa7bA

Finance and Public Administration Committee | Scottish Parliament TV

Our CEO @sarahdavidson.bsky.social is giving evidence to the Finance and Public Admin Committee on why effective scrutiny of public administration matters for accountability, good decision‑making & delivering long‑term wellbeing outcomes.

▶️ Watch live: www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/fina...

UK economy grew by 0.1% in final quarter of 2025 Manufacturing was the main driver of growth during the final three months of the year, official figures show.

While a thriving economy is important, GDP is a poor measure of social progress. That's why we're part of a growing movement to develop complementary measures of national and international success: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Life in the UK Data Dashboard - Carnegie UK

Or examine the #LifeintheUK findings in more detail on our recently launched data dashboard 👇
carnegieuk.org/life-in-the-...

Life in the UK 2025 Scotland - Carnegie UK

Interested to learn more about our #LifeintheUK research? Visit our website to read the full publication 📚
carnegieuk.org/publication/...

Political capital: The Scottish budget has sparked debate on the economy After all, there's an election to fight...

ICYMI 👀🗞️ @kirsteenpaterson.bsky.social draws on #LifeintheUK 2025, which found that in Scotland trust remains low across all levels of gov, with over a third of people reporting ‘low trust’ in their council & Scottish Gov, & over half saying the same of the UK Gov
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Julie Skentelbery - 03/02/2026 - BBC Sounds Daytimes with Julie Skentelbery, where Cornwall comes to talk. Call: 0808 100 1039.

I talked to BBC Cornwall today about intergenerational fairness and our wellbeing research: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (about 1:41)

Julie Skentelbery - 03/02/2026 - BBC Sounds Daytimes with Julie Skentelbery, where Cornwall comes to talk. Call: 0808 100 1039.

Stuart joined Julie Skentelbery on BBC Radio Cornwall today to chat about our #LifeInTheUK research and highlight what the data shows across different age groups.

🎧 Listen back from 1:41: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

📊 Explore our findings in our new data dashboard: carnegieuk.org/life-in-the-...

We were pleased to discuss our latest #LifeInTheUK findings today with NI Executive Junior Ministers Aisling Reilly and Joanne Bunting.

Explore our findings for Northern Ireland: carnegieuk.org/publication/...

Tracking Our Collective Wellbeing: Launch of the Life in the UK Dashboard YouTube video by Carnegie UK

Thanks to everyone who joined our #LifeInTheUK webinar this morning to launch our new data dashboard 📊

If you couldn’t make it or want to revisit the discussion, you can watch the full recording here: youtu.be/wrwZZXON6Jc

Explore our data dashboard here: carnegieuk.org/life-in-the-...

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We have a Head of Finance, Governance & Risk vacancy.

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Tracking Our Collective Wellbeing: Launch of the Life in the UK Dashboard - Carnegie UK

If you're interested in how this kind of wellbeing data can be explored and used, join us on Monday 26th January 10-11am, when Anna will be joined by Susan Pinkney and Vasiliki Sogia to launch our Life in the UK data dashboard.

Find out more and register here: carnegieuk.org/event/tracki...

Living Well in Scotland - Wellbeing Mapped Our new interactive wellbeing map, drawn from Carnegie UK's Life in the UK Index, offers a deeper insight into what matters to people across Scotland’s regions. Rooted in what over 1,000 people in Sco...

Our new blog from Dr Anna Francis explores what the data in our #LifeInTheUK Scotland report tells us about collective wellbeing across Scotland’s regions, using an interactive map to bring the findings to life: carnegieuk.org/blog/living-...

Promotional graphic for Carnegie UK's Tracking our collective wellbeing: launch of the Life in the UK dashboard webinar. The webinar takes place on Monday 26th January from 10-11am.

📊 Our new #LifeInTheUK data dashboard is live!

We’re hosting a launch webinar on Mon 26 Jan, 10-11am.

Book your place & explore the data with us: carnegieuk.org/event/tracki...

Brilliant event going on today in #sbarcIspark with @iwa-wales.bsky.social, @carnegieuk.bsky.social, @copronetwales.bsky.social and CWPS reflecting on 10 years of the #FutureGenerationsAct, involving WISERD co-director, Anwen Elias @interpolaber.bsky.social