A second chance shouldn’t mean second best

Our new CEO Andy Ratcliffe gives his thoughts on educational outcomes for disadvantaged 16-19 year olds, as part of Impetus-PEF’s Life After School campaign. Continue reading…

Quantifying the uncounted: introducing our Youth Jobs Index

Can you solve a problem if you can’t quantify it? That was the question we were pondering when we first came up with the idea for the Youth Jobs Index, published today. Continue reading…

Education Endowment Foundation

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) was established in 2011 by the Sutton Trust in partnership with Impetus, with a £125 million grant from the Department for Education. The EEF is the government Continue reading…

Coaching: ensuring the best for our young people

Earlier this month, I went to one of Resurgo’s Spear celebrations in Bethnal Green. Resurgo is a charity partner of Impetus-PEF, and we’ve been working with them since 2010 – helping them with managem Continue reading…

Transparency is an open goal for charities

Sepp Blatter, Qatar, Big Sam. I don’t need to say any more to show that football and transparency aren’t exactly easy bedfellows these days. So it’s great to see a football charity, Street League, lea Continue reading…

Getting to know Impact Management

Over three years ago Impetus-PEF took the decision to support charities to get much better at the services they deliver – to master impact management. Continue reading…

Helping social leaders take back control

What kind of training is worth a day of a charity leader’s time? This is the question we at Impetus-PEF asked ourselves when developing the training for the Impact for Growth strand of the Impact Mana Continue reading…

Evidence-based policy puts breakfast on the menu

The general election snapped, crackled and popped into life this morning with the Conservative manifesto backing the old adage that ‘breakfast is the most important meal of the day’. Continue reading…