Emma Pearson

Emma is an expert senior consultant who works with organisations across the impact economy to support and strengthen them as they navigate the most pressing social and environmental challenges. She has co-authored NPC’s 2026 Impact UK report, mapping and sizing the UK’s impact economy.

Emma leads the capability strand of NPC’s work with Sport England, engaging over 140 System Partners from across the UK to provide training in topics from evaluating systems change, to choosing data collection methods , to telling the story of their impact.

She enables charities and funders to drive social change through robust monitoring, evaluation and impact measurement, using her facilitation skills to lead theory of change and measurement framework development processes, incorporating cross-organisational views and centring lived experience.

She has co-authored Monitoring, evaluation and learning with trust and equity: a guide for grant-makers and philanthropists, a guide for funders to navigate the demand for more trust-based philanthropy and greater focus on equity, with the need for gathering vital data and evidence to understand and improve impact.

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Pronouns: She/Her

Why I work for NPC

I’ve worked in the charity sector in one shape or form for the past 10 years, however what I love about NPC is that I’m able to support multiple charities at once, in work that makes a significant difference to the diverse causes we support.