Sarah Davidson

Financing the Future - Carnegie UK

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...

YouTube video by Carnegie UK Budgeting for Wellbeing: Dr Cressida Gaukroger and Sarah Davidson

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...

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

"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...

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

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

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

📢"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...

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

Sir Lenny Henry and Richard Curtis CBE

Carol Colburn Grigor CBE

Joseph and Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer

Barbara and Amos Hostetter

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.

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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

Sarah Davidson and Hannah Paylor from Carnegie UK with Junior Ministers Pam Cameron and Aisling Reilly.

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...

A friend and I were just saying the other night that this is one of our absolutely favourite songs ever. Aspirations for the future: Paris, warm wind, hair.

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/...

Invitation to Tender: Budgeting for Wellbeing - Carnegie UK

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.

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

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/

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…

Letter: Debate could do with less of a myopic focus on GDP From Sarah Davidson, Chief Executive, Carnegie UK, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK

“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...

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

Pacing myself…

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

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…

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...

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...

📢”…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...

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.

Well put Robbie - what I might (and do!) call wellbeing governance.

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/...

Promo graphic - Season 4 Episode 7, Spotlight: Delivering Mission-Led Government, with Sarah Davidson and Ian Elliott, with University of Glasgow and Centre for Public Policy logos

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

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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.

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. 👏