Government strategies, funders’ focus, and community need is all going in one direction – a growing emphasis on helping those who most need it. This post explores the lessons learned about what works when it comes to community engagement. […]
What makes a good outcomes framework?
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 organisations, and certainly the area of focus of a large portion of our work here at Rocket Science. […]
There is more to gain from employment than income
Employment can have a positive impact on people’s mental health and wellbeing. In the final of a three-part blog series on employability and mental health, we look at what mental health services gain from integrating employability into their service provision […]
How employability providers are adapting
In this second of a three-part blog series on employability and mental health, we talk through four lessons of how employability providers are adapting to the mental health challenge […]
News: Consultation opens for new Knowledge Hub
To help, the Mayor of London’s Skills for Londoners Strategy and ensuing Framework proposed a new Skills and Employment Knowledge Hub. In May and June, we are running workshops to seek input from stakeholders across Greater London, exploring ways to make the Knowledge Hub sustainable. […]
When is a distance travelled tool a bad idea?
Distance travelled tools are a popular way of understanding the progression someone has made through a service. They are almost a standard part of any funder or commissioner’s monitoring ask and certainly feature heavily in evaluations and impact measurement. Clare Hammond explores when and how to use distance travelled tools […]
What it’s like to work at Rocket Science
Three Rocket Scientists give an insight into their day-to-day work […]
What mental health problems mean for employability providers
In this first of a three-part blog series on employability and mental health, we explore what the high prevalence of mental health problems among employability clients means for providers and their staff […]
Strange Bedfellows? BIDs and Civil Society
Do BIDs have a role in the changing infrastructure which supports London’s civil society? This blog explores challenges to overcome if BIDs are to be reliable partners of a modern civil society […]
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 one seemingly affluent inner-London borough and to explore the factors that make it so entrenched and to re-think the actions needed to tackle it. […]
