I have previously blogged about the need for building resilience. This along with optimism, understanding motivational values and interventions that promote pro-social behaviour and habits is probably more useful as a group…
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This is my second posting on the concept of Habit, so you could say I am just starting to make a habit of it. In 2010 I wrote a blog…
One of the things TCC have stressed in recent years is that if you are communicating to the general public, an unsegmented message increasingly means you reach some people, but…
The recent appointment of former Labour Minster Alan Milburn to be an independent expert reviewer on government progress over social mobility is welcome as it creates the opportunity to build…
Former New Statesman editor Peter Wilby writing in the Guardian yesterday, produced a critical piece on the use of Nudges in public policy. He described authors Thaler and Sustein’s “libertarian…
Now that the elections are over we can look in more detail at one of the most controversial events of the campaign, for the lessons it might teach us about…
What does the General Election tell us about community cohesion? The failure of most smaller parties to win elections might indicate mainstream political debate is completely in the ascendant. However…
TCC is very proud of the work it has done in the field of community cohesion. In the last three years it has worked with many local authorities to tackle…
An area that was hotly debated before the election but so far has not been seriously addressed through the campaign is the issue of social care. The lack of consensus…
TCC were represented last week at the UK Public Health Association (UKPHA) Forum held by the seaside in Bournemouth last week. The Marmot Review, the General Election, and the Economic…