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1. Campaign of the month – Veganuary

   Last month 400,000 took part in Veganuary, an impressive 60% increase since the previous January. I recall being a vegetarian in the 1990s when many people…

   

   Ana Granger on Feb 17, 2020

   

2. 3 behaviour change trends we’ll be riding in 2020

   1. Co-production We believe there’s a missing piece in behaviour change: co-production. It’s not much talked about by UCL or the UK Government Communications Service or the Behavioural Insights Team.

   

   Ben Caspersz on Feb 17, 2020

   

3. 50 shades of greyscale

   Colours influence our physiology and psychology. They affect our autonomic nervous system, memory retrieval/formation, hormonal activity and emotional stimulation. For example, did you know that the…

   

   Francesca Davis on Feb 17, 2020

   

4. Could you be one of our Bright Spot employers?

   Have you overcome particular obstacles or made changes at your organisation to introduce flexible working to some or all of your colleagues? Would you be happy for us to…

   

   Lucy Proudfoot on Feb 17, 2020

   

5. Campaign of the month: Pass It On

   In the behaviour change world, passing new legislation to change a default is the equivalent of pressing the nuclear button. But sometimes it’s the right answer – and so this…

   

   Ian Fannon on Jan 6, 2020

   

6. Food (apparently not so) glorious food?

   While I sit in my living room in a Christmas induced carbohydrate coma (with a digestive biscuit balanced on my left knee), I think back to a disturbing…

   

   Francesca Davis on Jan 3, 2020

   

7. A Christmas clear-out and a forgotten memory

   When I went home for Christmas this year I found a couple of old boxes in the loft that had been there since I was in school. Among the haul…

   

   Emily Davis on Jan 3, 2020

   

8. Campaign of the month – Tiny Happy People

   We’re buzzing about the BBC’s Tiny Happy People – a campaign that aims to help parents support their child’s language development. Around one in three children (31%) start primary school…

   

   Lucy Proudfoot on Nov 25, 2019

   

9. When Mum knows best

   It was an honour to recently present our work at a Save the Children conference in Belfast. I was accompanied by Ashleigh and Heather, two of…

   

   Ben Caspersz on Nov 25, 2019