This article first featured in The MJ On the morning of polling day of the EU referendum, the #UseAPen meme began to trend on twitter – so much so that…
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In 2008 I posted a blog posting called Googling Alone about how one could simply Google postcodes to explore local social capital. I said then: You may have heard of…
Last week, Rosanna Post and myself from TCC went to this year’s European Social Marketing Conference that was held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The conference promised to be an interesting…
The Values Choice: Cultural Values in the short and long-term – the debate continues Three years ago I wrote about the ‘Values Gap‘. This was a blog posting that has…
This is just a quick posting with a few observations on the recent Scottish Independence Referendum where on an 85% turnout, the country voted 55.3% No to 44.7% Yes: 1….
Yes it’s the dreaded lesson which every child fears at school. The moment where they see their own teacher awkwardly put a condom on a carrot (or worse an actual…
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…
The dust is settling from the local elections. Whether under new political control or not, councils will now have to face up to the reality of their financial position. The…
People will be voting today in the UK and across the rest of Europe over the coming days to elect the next European Parliament. What might be key public policy…
When the NHS was founded you could expect to live into your early 60s. Today you will get, on average, 20 years more life. The modern day diseases and health…