Steven George, Head of Communications at the RSA, introduces our new mission and with it, lifts the curtain on the new Design for Life hub on our website.
The RSA. Where world-leading ideas are turned into world-changing action.
You will have noticed some significant changes to the RSA website.
Our aim is to make it easier for you to see what the RSA’s priorities are and to get involved with them yourself.
In keeping with our traditions, our ambitions are broad.
We aim to make difference to people throughout their lives.
We want to make change happen in communities of all types, in companies and organisations both large and small, and across systems on a national and international scale.
We can see that success will only come if we work simultaneously across social, economic, and environmental issues. Put simply…
If someone asks you what the RSA is all about – this is your answer. You’ll see our mission repeated everywhere in our communications with you and with the outside world.
If you want an easy-to-use sentence to tell people what the RSA is trying to achieve, you need look no further than our vision statement.
That’s a big ask. We can’t do it alone, and we’re not going to try. For a start, our growing, international network of Fellows will be central to all that we do. We are creating new relationships with funders and organisations all the time. It’s about working together.
So when we’re talking about how we work, you’ll hear the following phrase a lot.
We’ve organised our work into three areas, with the intent to make it easier for everyone who wants to partner with the RSA to get involved:
Explore these areas of work below.
Change starts with supporting people to learn and lead. At the heart of Design for Life is the commitment to build the skills, connections and confidence people need to fulfil their potential.
Every person deserves to live in a vibrant community, with opportunities to thrive in a flourishing natural environment.
We are aiming for systemic, long-term change. Design for Life develops and influences the conditions needed to enable people, communities and organisations to regenerate our world.
We call this work Design for Life. As a member of the RSA team, this feels like a truly inspiring mission to embark on.
If this feels like something you’d like to get on board with too, we’d love to hear from you.
If you have a couple of minutes, find out how to become a Fellow.
If you have a free hour, come to one of our events.
And if you think you can play an active role in our mission, there’s more depth to be found in the Design for Life area of our website.
Together we can enable people, places and the planet to flourish in harmony.
Do you have any views or thoughts on our Design for Life mission? Are you excited about what positive change we can bring to people, place and planet? Are you working on something that aligns with Design for LIfe? Let us know in the comments below.
Joanna Choukeir and Roberta Iley present the six Design for Life perspectives that define the life-centric approach to our mission-led work.
Jo Choukeir explains how our Design for Life mission came to be and how it will unlock opportunities to regenerate our economy, society and environment.
Steve Newman offers provocative propositions to modernise the planning system, create affordable and sustainable homes, and offer financial benefits to the government and local communities.
The RSA Fellowship is a unique global network of change-makers enabling people, places and the planet to flourish in harmony.
