Design for life

Enabling people, places and the planet to flourish

260

years of significant social change

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We are The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce - a unique global network of changemakers enabling people, places and the planet to flourish


 

MAKING AN IMPACT

 

Cities of Learning

Our work

Discover how we're helping regions deliver inclusive lifelong learning.

Student Design Awards

Award

Challenging students to tackle pressing issues through design.

Catalyst Funding

Funding

Grants and support for social innovations developed by our Fellowship.

Digital innovations in lifelong learning: a global perspective

Report

Veronica Mrvcic,James Richardson,Amy Gandon,Aoife O'Doherty

Design for Life: six perspectives towards a life-centric mindset

Blog

Joanna Choukeir,Roberta Iley


 

Upcoming events

  • Gateway to Real Democracy

    Fellowship Event / Online

    3PM - 4PM PDT / 6PM - 7PM EDT

    Are you curious about new forms of democracy and how to drive change? Join the RSA's Deliberation Gateway Network on March 30 and learn about how deliberative democracy can help governments and local councils solve community problems.

  • Northern Coffeehouse: Textile Centre of Excellence

    Fellowship Event / Online

    Online

    We’re joined by Bill Macbeth from the Textile Centre of Excellence, who supply the world’s premier fashion houses and technical fabric markets. They also provide training with apprenticeships and a range of courses on offer to help keep the textile industry alive.

RSA House: new opening arrangements

Fellows and the general public can now access our Coffee House from the RSA's Durham House Street entrance.

Book a room at RSA House

Historic RSA House combines Georgian splendour with high quality contemporary design and is a versatile space suitable for a variety of events.

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The RSA Fellowship is a unique global network of change-makers enabling people, places and the planet to flourish.

The Coffee House

Coffee, food and connections. An inspiring place to collaborate.

LIVING CHANGE APPROACH

 

Shape the future

Find out how we unite people and ideas in collective action to create opportunities to regenerate our world.

Our proven approach to change

For everyone who is passionate about making social change happen.

The combination of a stellar public events programme, allied with a brilliant research agenda and a constant willingness to engage with pressing policy questions, means that the RSA is playing a pivotal role in shaping policymaking across the political spectrum.

Co-Founder of Hubble and Second Home, previous Senior Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Rohan Silva

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