About the roleWe are looking for a confident and capable Grants Operations Manager to join our team and help to deliver high-quality grants management. This is a great opportunity for someone with hands-on experience of grant making, who is comfortable managing people and can hit the ground running. So could this be you? You will […]
How to measure Navigator programmes at Level 4 standard
Learning insights from how we conducted a Level 4 Standard evaluation of a navigator programme. Rocket Science has supported many Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) with research, evaluation and grant management. We are pleased to be able to share learnings from our evaluation of Plan B in South Yorkshire. Plan B is a custody navigator programme. […]
Strengthening the Funding Ecosystem: Free expert-led sessions to make funding work better for everyone.
Strengthening the Funding Ecosystem: Free expert-led sessions to make funding work better for everyone. For over 20 years, Rocket Science has been helping government agencies, charitable trusts and funders design, deliver and evaluate programmes that create real impact. Through our Funder Advisory and Management Services (FAMS), we bring together experienced practitioners who’ve worked across the funding spectrum from grassroots […]
Our AI Journey
Our AI Journey A couple of years ago we put the brakes on the use of AI in our business with a strict no use policy. Some of our clients were making it explicit that AI could not be used in the delivery of projects, and we were concerned not least from a GDPR, data […]
How far have we really come from destigmatising mental health conditions?
How far have we really come from destigmatising mental health conditions? Over recent years, there has been a shift in how people view and talk about mental health, with portions of the population being more comfortable in having open and honest conversations regarding more vulnerable topics. However, we still see discrimination around mental health disorders […]
Launch announcement: Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Collective
Launch announcement: Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Collective We are excited to announce the launch of our Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Collective – a staff-led initiative to promote and embed the principles and practices of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in Rocket Science internal operations and through our work with clients and partners. We’re […]
Sharing our AI Policy
Sharing our AI Policy After what seems months of investigation, deliberation, strategic alignment and training we are pleased to launch our AI policy. It’s a policy we wanted to share with the world as we know from colleagues, partners and clients alike that they too are struggling with the opportunities and dilemmas presented by AI. […]
What can support the foundations for healthy and connected lives?
What can support the foundations for healthy and connected lives? Findings from Rocket Science’s research for Hampton Fund. In this blog, Richard Barron CEO of Hampton Fund and Dina Papamichael Director of Consultancy at Rocket Science reflect on recent research by Rocket Science in Hampton Fund’s funding area within Richmond. The research explored community assets […]
Violence, misogyny and young people: a public health perspective
The crisis: gender-based violence, misogyny and young people Violence against women and girls (VAWG) has reached ‘epidemic’ levels in England and Wales according to the NPCC and College of Policing. Familiar stories and figures about the prevalence of domestic abuse and sexual violence circulate, while the police suggest that “nobody” fully understands the scale and impact. Recent evidence suggests that young people in the […]
An open response to the Magenta Book review
A new era of evaluation? Evaluation – the act of assessing the successes (or failures) of an intervention and understanding the reasons or processes that led to outcomes – is a common requirement for many organisations and a core part of our consultancy work at Rocket Science. There are many different evaluation approaches and tools, but […]
