The closure of the News of the World by News International is being signaled as a major victory for social media over traditional print media. Former Deputy Prime Minister John…
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Tina Rosenberg, has written a book Join the Club which gives insight into groups and the influence of peer pressure. It is being published in the UK in August, though…
The polling organisation Britain Thinks have published a new report on occupational class. Some of the media coverage focused on the Cafetières and Cath Kidston mugs as a new class…
Banks have come under criticism in the last few years over their short-termism and their management of risk. One could argue that they, and many of their customers, were at…
We have previously blogged about the current Communities and Local Government (CLG) Department consultation on the repeal of the Duty to Involve, which closes today – 14 June. There has…
Whilst all the debate on the Health and Social Care Bill has understandably focused on the controversy around new commissioning arrangements, an area that has perhaps received less scrutiny is…
Just before Royal Wedding bank holiday the Government published Changing Behaviour, Improving Outcomes: A new social marketing strategy for public health. It has clearly taken a little while for the…
We have written a number of times (1. Weak ties; 2. Nudges; 3. Public Health) about the importance of social networks for building social capital and resilience in the poorest…
Yesterday’s speech by the Prime Minister launching the Giving White Paper was interesting for three reasons. Firstly he talked as much about building a “Bigger Society” as he did the…
The debate on the future development of the NHS continues with the Prime Minister speaking on the subject today. What do the public think about the possibility of change? The…
Understanding why people in your community think and act the way they do, and the resulting insights into how to change things, is fundamental to delivering better public services cost…
Just before Easter the Department of Communities and Local Government (CLG) issued new Best Value statutory guidance and announced a consultation, that closes on June 14, to repeal a key…
We have blogged before about the Government’s consultation on the development of a national Well-being Index. This closes later today, so there is still a little time left if you…
As we reported yesterday, TCC has been in attendance and made presentations on research findings in a number of policy areas at the World Non-Profit and Social Marketing Conference. Rachel…
TCC is playing an active part at the second World Non-Profit and Social Marketing Conference, presenting papers on our current work in a number of important areas of public policy…
The debate over the Government’s social mobility strategy seems to have got bogged down over the issue of which ministers benefited from assistance in becoming interns when they were young….
The National Social Marketing Centre (NSMC) today launched the first of a series of Value for Money assessment tools for social marketing. The first one on smoking is here. It…
Yesterday the non-partisan Hansard Society published Audit of Political Engagement 8, their annual survey of political and community engagement, for which nearly 1,200 people in Great Britain were interviewed. This is…