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If you've ever wondered what makes the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) such a great analytical…


Data visualization checklist

This checklist describes what good looks like for the different aspects of a data visualization.…


Social Investment Unit: Briefing to the Incoming Ministers

This 2017 Briefing to the Incoming Minister sets out why social investment matters, and what a…


Social sector commissioning: Progress, principles and next steps

In 2018, the then-Government tasked social sector Chief Executives to look into the way their…


Demonstrating the complexities of being poor; an empathy tool

This 2014 research report came out of the Families 100 project, which involved extensive research…


Speaking for ourselves: The truth about what keeps people in poverty from those who live it

This 2014 research report came out of the Families 100 project, which looked into the lives of 100…


Learning what works for whom at what cost

Understanding what works for whom at what cost starts with asking the right questions. Questions…


‘Narrative and storytelling’, from Evidence-based policy making in the social sciences

Storytelling is important, including to the creation of policy or legislation, because it helps…