The work I was always meant to do
Across my teenage years, my Grandad slowly faded away. Alzheimer’s Disease chipped away at everything that made him my Grandad. It started when he got lost driving around Coventry’s ring…
Across my teenage years, my Grandad slowly faded away. Alzheimer’s Disease chipped away at everything that made him my Grandad. It started when he got lost driving around Coventry’s ring…
Last March, as the first wave of the pandemic was just beginning, we began working with a new client. It’s no exaggeration to say I’d never seen a brief like…
For the past two years, I’ve been compiling material for a book that aims to act as a call to arms for the charity sector, urging leaders to listen to…
Back in early March we had a huge stack of qualitative research tasks ahead of us. Planned trips up and down the country to speak with employers for the…
One of the last face-to-face meetings I attended before lockdown was on 3 March at Wellington House in London, the home of Public Health England. I was there to present…
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…
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…
I stumbled across a review in the Telegraph the other day for the ‘Ulla Smart Hydration Reminder’. Ulla is a little plastic capsule attached to a band, which slips…
Encouraging your child to pretend play can improve their concentration, perseverance and keep them calmer. Ever since our work with Save the Children, we’ve become a little bit obsessed…