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2022 Bicentenary Medal Event

2022 Bicentenary Medallist Janine Benyus calls on innovators everywhere to learn from nature to design products, processes and policies that support and create conditions conducive to life.
29 Nov 2022
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Is social prescribing the future for healthcare?

Lord Andrew Mawson and Sir Sam Everington, recipients of the 2022 RSA Albert Medal, will talk about creating new contexts for health through social prescribing, the innovative approach now widely used in the NHS.
20 Sep 2022
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Online

Three centuries of the RSA

What can the RSA’s history tell us about what it takes to make change happen? Join us to celebrate ‘Arts and Minds’, the acclaimed new official history of the RSA, with author, Anton Howes.
12 Jul 2022
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Feature

Community banking: shared interest

Community banking is a microfinance model built on trust. In it, the community wins or loses together. It is gaining in popularity on the African continent as community banking goes digital.
6 Dec 2024 Priya Sippy
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In Conversation

In conversation with Lord John Bird

Lord John Bird, founder of The Big Issue, artist, novelist, raconteur and social entrepreneur, talks with RSA Chief Executive Andy Haldane about his journey from privation to peerage – and what it will take to end poverty once and for all.
6 Dec 2024 Andy Haldane
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Feature

A century of innovation

From its ‘Industrial Designs’ competition in 1924 to the Student Design Awards of 2024, the RSA has long celebrated innovative solutions to social and environmental challenges. Now enter RSA Spark.
18 Sep 2024 Joanna Choukeir
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In Conversation

In conversation with Hannah Jones

Sustainability trailblazer and Earthshot Prize CEO Hannah Jones talks with environmental campaigner Amy Meek FRSA about the urgent need for a global innovation movement and an optimistic attitude.
18 Sep 2024 Amy Meek
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Fellowship news

First Fellow-led RSA manifesto launched

The RSA has published ‘Day One’, its first Fellow-led manifesto, which includes proposals covering society, the environment, education and youth.
28 Jun 2024 Beth D’Elia
Blog

Pride Month 2024: Celebrating Fellows in the LGBTQ+ community

For Pride Month 2024, we’re celebrating our Fellows’ and collaborators’ impactful work supporting LGBTQ+ communities, from providing vital resources to fighting for human rights and preserving queer history through art and education.
3 Jun 2024 Deborah Ajia
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