Insights from our Rocket Scientists
Can trauma informed practice transform the criminal justice system?
In this blog, Dina Papamichael explores the relationship between experience of trauma and involvement in the criminal justice system; and outlines the emerging approaches from Scotland which have potential to transform justice outcomes across the UK. Links between...
Three words that could transform the employment and skills system
Yes, just three words but you’ll have to read on to find out why. My interest in employment and skills spans three decades. I have seen policies and programmes come and go, employment go up and down and the provider market wax and wane in response. The issues...
A 2020 Vision of Civil Society
To coincide with London Funders’ publication of our Review of Reviews, Rocket Science’s London Director, John Griffiths, reflects on what Brexit really means for UK civil society and some implications for its funders . . . “No man is an island entire of itself; every...
No one is hard to reach if we are doing it right – effective community engagement
Clare Hammond explores the lessons we have learned at Rocket Science about what works when it comes to community engagement.Government strategies, funders’ focus, and community need is all going in one direction – a growing emphasis on helping those who most need it....
What makes a good outcomes framework?
Cristiana Orlando and Clare Hammond reflect on what makes an outcomes framework work A fundamental must do across public and third sector organisations is to be able to understand and evidence the change you are creating. Measuring outcomes is the bread and butter of...
There is more to gain from employment than income
In the final of a three-part blog series on employability and mental health, Max Lohnert looks at what mental health services gain from integrating employability into their service provisionEmployment can have a positive impact on people’s mental health and wellbeing....
How employability providers are adapting to the mental health challenge
In this second of a three-part blog series on employability and mental health, Max Lohnert talks through four lessons of how employability providers are adapting to the mental health challenge With a growing focus on mental health within employability services, how...
News: Consultation opens for new GLA Skills & Employment Knowledge Hub
London and the UK are experiencing a serious skills-to-jobs mismatch, and the gap is getting wider. In the last year, nearly 90% of UK employers struggled to recruit staff with the right skills. London in particular faces a rapidly ageing population, EU workers...
When is a distance travelled tool a bad idea?
When is a distance travelled tool a bad idea? Clare Hammond explores when and how to use distance travelled toolsDistance travelled tools are a popular way of understanding the progression someone has made through a service. They are almost a standard part of any...
Three Rocket Scientists talk about what it’s like to work at Rocket Science
Three Rocket Scientists give an insight into their day-to-day work Cristiana Orlando, Research Intern Looking back to when I first started as an Research Intern in September 2018, it’s incredible how much I have learned in the span of six short months. I had just...
The mental health challenge to employablity providers
In this first of a three-part blog series on employability and mental health, Max Lohnert explores what the high prevalence of mental health problems among employability clients means for providers and their staffIn the UK, almost every second adult identifies as...
Strange Bedfellows? BIDs and Civil Society
The recent second annual Summit of London’s Business Improvement Districts convened by London First and the GLA revealed that BIDs and Civil Society organisations are more likely bedfellows than you may think . . . The government’s civil society strategy, published in...