Fred Robinson, Ian Stone, Paul Braidford and Gordon Allison

Members of the Policy Research Group advised and supported the Cabinet Office (Office of the Third Sector) on the establishment of a £10m Third Sector Research Centre, producing the scoping document underpinning the process and sitting on the ESRC Commissioning Panel.

This followed PRG’s 2006 study for the Treasury on the growth of successful social enterprises, which examined how such organisations overcome problems they faced at each stage of growth.

Their research demonstrated that pursuit of growth involves few compromises for organisations, in either their social or environmental aims.