Reflecting on 25 years of the London Mayoralty The largely favourable assessments of London’s Mayoralty which have marked the 25th anniversary of the restoration of London’s regional tier of government, overlooked that the three Mayors in that time presided over the capital’s increasing polarisation of wealth. According to the latest Sunday Times Rich List, London is now home to 227,000 […]
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 […]
The Clothworkers’ Foundation Open Grants Programme
The Clothworkers’ Foundation Open Grants Programme The Clothworkers’ Foundation improves the lives of people and communities – particularly those facing disadvantage and marginalisation – through grant making. The Foundation was set up in 1977 to be the primary vehicle of charitable giving for The Clothworkers’ Company. Their Open Grants Programme accepts applications from UK registered charities or […]
Event Report: UK Poverty 2025 Launch Webinar
Event Report: UK Poverty 2025 Launch Webinar The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) hosted a pivotal webinar to launch its UK Poverty 2025 report, offering a stark analysis of poverty trends and systemic challenges in the UK. As a data-driven research consultant at Rocket Science consultancy, I attended this crucial event to deepen our understanding of inequality in […]
Life at Rocket Science
Being a Rocket Scientist… … means getting to work across many different projects and with different clients to help transform people’s lives. To find out more what life at Rocket Science is like, read below from some of our team. What’s your current role? As a Lead Consultant I’m involved in proposal writing at the bidding […]
Online Harms
Evaluation of the education pilot for West Yorkshire Combined Authority Violence Reduction Partnership The latest report has been released after a pilot project in Bradford focusing on online harms, education and support. “If you post something it’ll never be deleted. It can be on someone’s phone. Someone could have saved it. You can’t control what […]
Insights from three of our impact partners
Insights from three of our impact partners On September 25th we debuted a bright new London office at Impact Hub Euston, located in the heart of the city. We invited members of our network to come down and explore the workspace, celebrating all we do together and hope to do in the future. In addition […]
An update
Cherri Blissett is stepping down from her role as joint managing director of Rocket Science to pursue a new challenge as a director of a new company. Caroline Masundire will continue as the managing director of Rocket Science, ushering in an exciting new chapter for the business. It’s likely that Rocket Science and Cherri will […]
New grants are available now through the Go! London Foundation fund!
New grants are available now through the Go! London Foundation fund! The Go! London Foundation grants of up to £40,000 are dedicated to boosting support and sustainability. They fund initiatives that improve access to sport and physical activity for young people from lower income households, amplify positive social outcomes of these activities, as well as […]
