In this project, we partnered with the energy supplier Utilita to explore smart prepayment meter customers’ experience of participating in their version of the DFS called Power Payback. This will ...

Mission-oriented management can also work within existing systems; there are real alternatives to top-down monitoring and control to manage mission-driven public servants dedicated to the work of ...

We collected feedback via a survey (sent out on 3 April, and closed on 15 April) and diary study (data collected throughout the pilot) from parents and caregivers on how they found the programme, the ...

To be in a good position to meet the government’s key milestone, we will need a well-functioning market of parenting support. This will require good availability of effective programmes that respond ...

To give an example from our work, consider Nesta’s blueprint for halving obesity. Our goal with this work is to clearly convey the effect of a comprehensive package of policy interventions based on ...

The Tiny Happy People text messaging programme offers free, digital parenting support by sending parents short, evidence-informed videos 1 about activities they can do with their children. This ...

The Tiny Happy People text messaging programme offers free, digital parenting support by sending parents short, evidence-informed videos about activities they can do with their children. This provides ...

The vast majority of parents who signed up during the pilot reached our web platform from a paid advertising campaign run via our Nesta social media accounts (Facebook and Instagram) and a post from ...

The third thing we want to do is help this approach scale. We want to work with as many different organisations as possible, sharing intelligence about what works, how it works and how it can be ...

Parents who responded to the survey (sent out on 3 April, and closed on 15 April) reported high engagement with the service. 97% of respondents reported that they engaged with the content (reading ...

But we might be on to something bigger than just the application of test and learn to foreign affairs. What about the possibility of a whole new means of international relations where test and learn ...

The £13.2 billion figure is spread over five years – so it would average around £2.6 billion per year. It sounds like a lot. But how does it compare to what we currently spend, and what’s needed? The ...