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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Climate justice and social justice: how poverty is impacted by, and simultaneously drives climate change
Poverty, climate and social justice Tomorrow, Saturday 6 November, actions and demonstrations will take place in Glasgow, across the UK and the world for the Global Day for Climate Justice. Demonstrators are calling for more action to support disadvantaged communities to tackle the effects of climate change. The world’s most vulnerable communities are rapidly losing […]
How can we help people avoid money crisis as a result of Covid-19
Much has been written about the potentially devastating impact of the Coronavirus outbreak on people’s finances. What has been talked about less is how this has affected people’s financial wellbeing and what kind of support people need as a result. […]
C-19 and the impact on people with multiple complex needs (MCN)
The world is already a very different place as a result of Covid-19 and it is going to continue to change. It is important to think about what comes after, as well as what we can do during the lockdown and recovery phases, to minimise the impact for people with multiple complex needs. […]
Prevention in Action – Invest early in housing advice
Prevention in action. Invest early in housing advice according to our latest SROI on Legal Aid. Clare Hammond looks at the latest findings. Prevention is heralded as the long-term solution for tackling poverty and disadvantage. Since featuring as one of the four pillars of public sector reform set out by the Christie Commission in 2011, prevention has […]
