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In category: Case Study


Preventing and Tackling Mental Ill Health through Green Social Prescribing Project – A case study


Green social prescribing (GSP) is a form of social prescribing, which has become popular with the NHS as a non-clinical method of improving health and wellbeing. Green social prescribing is “an approach whereby a general practitioners (GPs) or another professional – often via an assigned intermediary known as a Link Worker – navigates a patient […]


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Creating an intervention to reduce boiler flow temperatures in the UK – A case study


The research was undertaken by a non-governmental organisation and developed a range of tools which led to widespread behaviour change in the UK public. Condensing boilers that burn gas contribute greatly to UK greenhouse gas emissions. A way to reduce emissions is to reduce the flow temperature and optimise boiler efficiency. Nesta, a UK innovation […]


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The Social Value Model and UK Government procurement – A case study


In line with the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, public authorities in England and Wales (with some exemptions) must consider the impact of procurement practices to bettering economic, social and environmental value. As a result, a joint team across the Cabinet Office, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Crown Representative […]


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Cardiff University findings support the creation of the UK Climate Change Committee – A case study


Nick Pidgeon from Cardiff University’s School of Psychology was asked by the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group to lead an inquiry to investigate if cross-party consensus on climate change was possible. The inquiry conducted research including: capturing oral evidence from senior parliamentarians and climate scientists written submissions from external stakeholders and quantitative […]


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