Thinktank Engagement
PPI Pensions Policy Institute (PPI)
Age Concern England (Age Concern)
Policy Exchange
Scotland Futures Forum (SFF)
Scottish Widows, and our public affairs team are non partisan, and focus on delvering business benefits to our company through our public affairs activity. Over the past 4 years, Scottish Widows public affairs team have engaged with thinktanks and charities across the political spectrum, and a list of some of the thinktanks we've engaged with now follows.
PPI Pensions Policy Institute (PPI)
The PPI is an educational charity which provides non-political, independent comment and analysis on pension policy in the UK. Findings of our research are used extensively by government decision-makers and advisers, pension and savings providers, employers and trades unions, academics, commentators and the wider public.
In its short history, the PPI has established itself as an authoritative, unique voice on UK pensions. They believe that policy should be made with good, independent information and analysis.
Scottish Widows is a silver member of the Institute and continues to work with them, most recently in providing case studies for our ‘Women and Pensions Report’.
www.pensionspolicyinstitute.org.uk
Age Concern England (Age Concern)
Age Concern actively promotes older people's interests to Government and politicians from across the political parties. Their Government and Parliamentary Affairs team work with key decision makers to promote campaigns that raise older people’s issues up the political agenda and influence Government policy.
They engage parliamentarians on a range of key issues of importance to older people; from income to transport, housing to employment.
They are considered one of the most effective campaigning charities by MPs, policy makers and opinion formers.
Scottish Widows has a very close working relationship with Age Concern. They have collaborated with the Public Affairs team at all of the major party conferences since 2005 and a further partnership programme is planned for 2008. They have attended Scottish Widows thought leadership events at Port Hamilton and provided views on current research with particular reference to pensions.
Policy Exchange
Policy Exchange is an independent think tank whose mission is to develop and promote new policy ideas which will foster a free society based on strong communities, personal freedom, limited government, national self-confidence and an enterprise culture. In 2006 Scottish Widows sponsored an event with Philip Hammond MP, conservative Shadow Work & Pensions Secretary.
Policy Exchange is committed to an evidence-based approach to policy development. We work in partnership with academics and other experts and commission major studies involving thorough empirical research of alternative policy outcomes. We believe that the policy experience of other countries offers important lessons for government in the UK. We also believe that government has much to learn from business and the voluntary sector.
Scotland Futures Forum (SFF)
The Scottish Parliament has established ‘Scotland’s Futures Forum’ as an arms length body ‘to develop the Scottish Parliament’s capacity to undertake longer-term strategic thinking about Scotland’s futures'.
The forum seeks to engage MSPs, Parliamentary Committees, and the broad community of Scotland in a spirit of open learning through participative futures work and to develop a culture of inquiry and learning about Scotland’s future’. The Forum’s Board of Directors consists of leading figures from the public and private sectors.
Scottish Widows is a Champion of the forum and has regular meetings to discuss future research and possible collaborations.
