Kids are getting fatter. Generations are becoming obese at earlier ages and staying obese for longer. This is a …
Ten things we’ve learned from designing and piloting a national campaign for young people with NCS
Over the past six months, we’ve been designing a new “mass action campaign” in partnership with the National Citizen Service. …
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Healthier Internet: Making high quality health info easy to find and trust
The Challenge As false news is 70% more likely than verified news to receive a retweet, the spread of health …
(Re)Introducing the Shift US Team
Since 2011, Shift has had a presence in the United States and has been growing since then. Originally located in …
Social media and the spread of health information
We are delighted to announce that Wellcome has appointed Shift as their insights partner for a new piece of research exploring the …
Shift’s first ever Annual Awards
Here at Shift we have developed a clear idea of how we want to act as an organisation, which we …
Designing for social isolation with BBC Radio Four’s ‘The Fix’
At the end of last week I headed west to the picturesque town of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, to record the first …
Families and Food: how can we help families swim against the current?
Blog from our Food Director Chris Holmes & Sarah Hickey from Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Charity exploring how food environments can help or hinder people to live well.
5 Principles of Continuously Improving Social Impact
Confidence, great data, living breathing plans, design skills and consensus. Blog from CEO Nick Stanhope.
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The journey a young person with anxiety takes through clinical pathways.
40,000 aged 5-16 are affected by anxiety in England and the average waiting time for treatment is 18 months. See …
Gaming to treat anxiety co-creation workshop: A debrief
On Tuesday 8th May, we hosted the second co-creation session of this Innovate UK funded project. The challenge was to: …
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Researching how to improve parent-child interactions with NSPCC
The Challenge While many parents believe in the importance and value of high quality interactions with their children, there are …
Giving evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee
Our Food Director gives evidence on the role of takeaways in childhood obesity to the Health & Social Care Select Committee.
Scale with Care: 6 Ways Early Stage Social Innovation Gets Killed Off
Assumptions, failure, targets and flexibility in scaling social innovation projects. Blog from CEO Nick Stanhope.
Using game dynamics to treat anxiety in young people
BfB Labs, Shift, Mindtech NIHR and the University of Reading are delivering an Innovate UK funded feasibility study exploring the …
The You and Me Principle
Sign up to stay in touch Loading… Add to the conversation #youandmeprinciple Get in touch D.Robinson3@LSE.ac.uk @davrob5 Page Menu Introduction …
NSPCC appoints Shift as insights partner for new national behaviour change campaign
Press release February 2018 The NSPCC have appointed the not-for-profit organisation Shift as their insights partner for a new national …
Shift’s healthier fast food adventure
The story so far… Shift has been working to increase healthier food habits over the last six years. Here we …
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Designing products that empower parents
Insight report exploring the parenting journey, the associated feelings, thoughts, desires and behaviours, a review of the sources of support throughout. Plus …
From Gordon Gekko to Grant Funding: leveraging the full spectrum of capital to solve social problems
Whole Child and Shift: A Dynamic Duo
Whole Child International discuss why they are working with Shift to develop tools and a framework to scale-up their approach to care-giving.
Cultural Heritage and Social Change Summit: One Year On
This report summarizes some of the core findings of the Cultural Heritage and Social Change Summit–themes that have also arisen in many other cultural heritage conferences and meetings over the past year:
- Safe Space for Disruptive Dialogue
- Funding for Transformative Gatherings
- Equitable and Ethical Collaboration
- Diversifying Technology Production in Cultural Heritage Spaces
- Integrating Community Archives Into Traditional Cultural Heritage Spaces
- Social Innovation and Rethinking Goals and Objectives in the Cultural Heritage Sector
Designing toolkits to help leaders run effective, engaging and consistent Guided Reflection with NCS
Over the course of 2017, we worked closely with the National Citizen Service to improve the consistency and effectiveness of …
Our Theory of Change: The Science Behind Historypin’s Storybox, Part 1
Historypin’s Storybox seeks to help address one of the big problems of our time: the increasingly stark disconnections and divisions …
What have we learnt and now what? Part ten of Connecting Well.
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the tenth in a series of blogs.
Beauty of Care: Part nine of Connecting Well
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the ninth in a series of blogs.
Research trip to El Salvador
Here at Shift we have expanded our work to projects in Central America, where we are now working with Whole …
The Heart of the Matter: Part eight of Connecting Well
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the eigth in a series of blogs.
Relational offset, the new imperative: Part seven of Connecting Well.
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the seventh in a series of blogs.
Humbug or Hallelujah? Part six of Connecting Well
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the sixth in a series of blogs.
Joining the Dots: Part five of Connecting Well
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the fifth in a series of blogs.
Land of our children: Part four of Connecting well.
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the fourth in a series of blogs.
Doing what anyone would do: Part three of Connecting well.
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the third in a series of blogs.
Human beings being human: Part two of Connecting well
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the second in a series of blogs.
Connecting Well
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the first in a series of blogs.
Research
Driving continuous improvement: Insights from funding social tech
Commentable version here. Report giving a set of 5 insights and 8 practical recommendations on how funders and social organisations can …
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Progressively: a model to help organisations improve their impact
The Problem The culture and capacity of the social sector is overly focused on the short-term delivery outputs of social …
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Improving the social investment landscape
The challenge The UK’s social investment landscape is evolving, but there remain many challenges and barriers to its potential as …
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Change The World For a Fiver: a book and social movement
The Problem From climate change to social isolation, our society faces major social, environmental and health issues. Yet these can …
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Designing a replicable approach for supporting children in care
The Problem There are around 8 million children in care institutions worldwide who are at high risk of social, emotional …
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Tip: giving new parents high quality information they’ll love
The Problem Great information and support can help parents to feel confident and capable in the first 1000 days, aiding …
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Luminova: A mobile game to tackle anxiety
I’ve been particularly impressed with how Shift have embraced the research literature and taken a genuine collaborative approach, working in …
Gamification to make story sharing impactful and fun
Our Senior Service designer explains how the Historypin team are injecting elements of gamification into their design process for their …
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Healthier and affordable fast food for families
The Challenge The boom in online ordering and delivery is making it even easier and more convenient for families to …
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Storybox: bringing diverse communities together through story sharing
The Challenge We live in increasingly divided communities where the perceived differences between groups with different backgrounds often outweighs what …
Design principles for Historypin’s Storybox
Bringing people together to share stories and experiences with one another has always been intended to be at the core …
Driving continuous improvement: lessons from funding social tech
There is one question that dominates our work at Shift and has done for the last 8 years: how do …
Guest blog from Hidden Women of Design
The Hidden Women of Design initiative showcases and supports women working in the field of Design. In July, they hosted …