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Growing up online

This report from UK think tank Civitas states new ‘parental covenants’ are needed between teachers and parents to protect children from excessive phone use. Our...

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Putting place at the heart of growth: How evidence can make multi-level governance work – findings from the event

This report from UK think tank City-REDI provides a summary from the 'Putting place at the heart of growth' event. On 27 September 2026, the...

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Life in the UK 2026

This report from UK think tank Carnegie UK measures collective wellbeing across the UK in 2026. This is the latest edition of our annual Life...

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A better response for fraud victims

This report from UK think tank RUSI assesses the UK's changing fraud victim support system following the launch of Report Fraud. Fraud is now the...

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Being a strategic fundraiser (part 1)

21 October 2026
9.00am –  1.00pm

Want to think more strategically about how your think tank fundraises? Want to understand how to move from a more reactive model to one that takes an honest, whole-organisation view of your think tank’s fundraising and use it to plan deliberately for the short, medium and long term? This training is for you!

Members £295 (+VAT)
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Being a strategic fundraiser (part 2)

4 November 2026
9.00am –  1.00pm

Interested to find out how to turn your fundraising priority or project into a compelling, fundable, multi-year case? Want to learn how to translate strategic intent into practical skills that enable you to tell a story, persuade funders and steward a successful donor relationship? This training is for you!

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Latest membership news

September CEO lunch

Ahead of party conference season we gathered the think tank CEOs for our biannual private lunch, hosted in the beautiful RUSI building looking out across...

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New panels training

New training session launched! We ran our first Panels and Q&A in-person training session aimed at those who would like to understand and practice appearing...

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Salary benchmarking report

Our fourth annual salary benchmarking report, published and shared with members in September, was our largest and strongest exercise to date. With 17 think tanks...

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