Public Services
Our work is focused on reducing health inequalities and social isolation by moving to a new social settlement that broadens access, deepens value and raises the quality of our public services.
Britain's New Giants
Beveridge’s generation designed the welfare state to tackle the Five Giants of his day, so in the face of the New Giants our concern must be to revisit this challenge. Read Ed Cox's long-read article on Britain's New Giants.
People
We want to tackle economic insecurity by ensuring that every household has the foundations for a decent livelihood: a basic income, opportunities to learn new skills, somewhere to call home, and good physical and mental health.
Power and Place
We advocate for inspiring democratic reform to address the inequalities between different regions of the UK, while also emphasising the importance of building sustainable neighbourhoods and reduce the inequalities within local places.
Eating biodiversity
10th December 2018
We are reliant on just 12 plants and 5 animals for more than 75 percent of the food we eat. What consequences does this lack of diversity have for human and planetary health?
What does money have to do with sustainability?
14th December 2018
We currently use 1.7 planets worth of resources a year and must recognise that indefinite growth is off the cards if we are to keep within earth’s ecological capacity to sustain us.
We can’t confront today’s giant evils without getting political ...
7th December 2018
Technocratic solutions on their own won’t address the big challenges we face. Is it time to get small ‘p’ political?
Related Projects
The RSA Food, Farming and Countryside Commission is a major, two-year independent inquiry, established to look at the food and farming system for the UK, the rural economy and a sustainable and accessible countryside.
Building on the agenda set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View, Health as a Social Movement is a new three year programme, to support social movements in health and care.
In the context of devolution, successful social and economic development strategies, will deploy new powers at the local and city scale. To make plans successful, they must be distinct, connected to the identity of citizens ...
OPSN is answering the need for a truer and more detailed picture of mental health and wellbeing across the UK with the launch of a new platform - OPSN Mental Health - in association with Mind.
Related Articles
Alex Kumar FRSA argues that scrapping the Vagrancy Act would make way for a more compassionate and effective collective response.
The importance of flexibility, quality, & business leadership.
How can we support social entrepreneurs to help improve health ...
28th January 2019
Written by: Ian Burbidge , Mark Swift
What is the role of community organisers and social entrepreneurs in transforming public services and improving population health outcomes?
How can new models of Basic Income provide not only a safety net for those who need it but also a springboard to a better life?
Related Publications
Just 21% of Britons we survey think the country will be better in 2030 than today. think In a series of four essays we map out how a more optimistic future might be secured.
A progress report from the RSA Food, Farming and Countryside Commission
This report describes the findings from a six-month inquiry where we applied the RSA’s model of change “think like a system, act like an entrepreneur” to the challenges of procuring and scaling innovation through government. ...
The RSA and NEF in partnership with NHS England publish a report to develop a community-led health system.