Insights from our Rocket Scientists
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....
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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...
read moreNews: 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 [1]. London in particular faces a rapidly ageing population, EU workers...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Ten years on from Invisible Islington…
Ten years ago marked the publication of a ground-breaking piece of ethno-graphic research which continues to impact on our work and that of our many clients and partners today. The Cripplegate Foundation commissioned Rocket Science to shine a light on the poverty in...
read moreHarnessing the capital’s giving
Rocket Science’s review for the Greater London Authority argues that the Mayoral priority of enabling “good growth” provides a modern narrative for harnessing corporate philanthropy The GLA commissioned Rocket Science to undertake a review of civic philanthropy...
read moreRocket Science publishes review of philanthropy for the Greater London Authority
Earlier this year Rocket Science were commissioned by the Greater London Authority to produce a Review of Philanthropy in London. As you may know, last week Centre for London published More, Better, Together: A Strategic Review of Giving in London; this...
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Building financial resilience in young people and families
Rocket Science held an event on how to build finanical resilience in young people in May, find out more about the discussions, learning and access event notes and presentations. Building financial resilience in people of all ages is critical to help them manage...
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Insight from our Rocket Scientists – Working with Young People
This week we ask some of our Rocket Scientists What is important for services that support young people? Over the last year, we have evaluated a range of programmes supporting young people. Our clients include the Wise Group, Venture Trust, Scottish Waterways Trust,...
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