200,000 people have now used our Money Saving #BoilerChallenge to adjust their boiler flow temperature and save on energy 🎉
Have you tried it yet? moneysavingboilerchallenge.com
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If you missed it last week, you can watch below our event to launch our work on reformulation! 👇🏻
Panel discussed role for industry AND policymakers, & included , , , , Dr Alison Tedstone & our mission director Hugo Harper!
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We are looking for a research partner to explore the relationship between health and loneliness using longitudinal data. Apply here
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To mark the launch of our new reformulation report, we brought together experts from across the food and health industry to discuss how food reformulation could improve people’s health.
You can watch back the full event on demand, on our website.
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Next week I will be taking part in a conversation with Deborah Fox "Storytelling in a digital age: how immersive entertainment can support childhood development." It is free to listen. Register at the link below if you are interested :)
nesta.org.uk/event/nesta-ta
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Thrilled to see start-up Furbnow, part of Nesta and venture builder Mission Studio featured in The 👇
Alongside our Money Saving Boiler Challenge, a tool that helps households optimise their boiler flow temperature.
moneysavingboilerchallenge.com
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Home insulation: how to stop your bills going through the roof theguardian.com/money/2023/feb
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Adjusting your boiler flow temperature is easy, free, and one of the best ways to cut your energy bills. This free online tool from charity will show you how #BoilerChallenge
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🚨 New event announcement 🚨
Is it time to reimagine the internet? 💻
Join us in conversation with author to explore how changing our internet system could be the key to unlocking innovation potential 🔑
Register for free here ➡️ bit.ly/3YAyjiQ
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Designing with and for diverse groups presents an opportunity to innovate, leading to cutting-edge, nuanced designs that work better for everyone.
Our designers share five tips on how to make design projects truly democratic, inclusive and equitable.
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We're aiming to halve obesity by 2030, and reformulating some of the most calorie-dense foods can help us get there.
Nesta's shows that while reformulation is no ‘magic bullet', it is an important part of the solution.
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According to , around 38 calories per person per day could be removed from people’s diets if certain food categories had a 10% reduction in calorie content.
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We’re looking forward to welcoming James and working with him to ensure our practice and research functions work seamlessly together, enabling us to collectively solve some of society’s biggest challenges.
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James will lead teams on research, data analytics, design and technology, arts and collective intelligence, ensuring our methodological expertise is nurtured and deployed effectively.
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We’re excited to announce that is joining and as our new Group Chief Practices Officer working across both organisations to lead our core practice and research functions.
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Our research shows 53% of renters aren't aware it's possible to change their boiler flow temperature, compared to 41% of homeowners🏠
The is urging members to help tenants save millions of pounds on their energy bills. bit.ly/40EiPMR
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Are you among 2.5m UK renters missing out on energy bills savings? 🔥
is helping tenants save on bills. They’ve joined our MoneySaving #BoilerChallenge to encourage renters to turn down their boiler flow temperature.
Try it today👇
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Can we motivate corporations to act to reduce loneliness? 🧑🤝🧑
proposes a loneliness levy: a five-pence charge on self-service transactions paid by the company.
Read more in his Minister for the Future thought piece 👇
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We sat down with Nesta's Director of Design Suraj Vadgama to talk about the future of design, how we can incorporate lived experiences into design processes, and why design needs to balance the needs of people and planet 🌏
Watch the full interview ➡️ bit.ly/3WWKENn
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WATCH: How heating engineers can make the shift to installing heat pumps
has launched a new video which provides information to help with the transition to working with heat pumps
Watch the video and find out more...
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"There are roughly 3,000 trained heat-pump engineers in Britain; the industry needs another 27,000 by the end of this decade."
Our research in alongside comment from .
Read our report on how to scale a skilled heat pump industry. bit.ly/3P5LYtG
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There are worse things to lose than a space to keep your towels. A big piece of the low-carbon jigsaw puzzle is one econ.st/3JRRyAF
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Is this the easiest £100 you'll ever save?
Join almost 200,000 people & adjust your combi boiler flow temperature to save money on your bill each year.
moneysavingboilerchallenge.com
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Enjoying a panel discussion tonight hosted by on reformulation of food products. Great input from panellists on the need for co-design of solutions, breaking the growth mentality and how we can learn from great case studies such as the ice cream industry 🍦
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My colleagues & others have produced a brilliant video for heating engineers looking to become heat pump installers. It's got me so hyped I'm wondering... can behavioural scientists get in on the retraining too? 🤔
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Great to speak on #NetZeroReview #MissionZero at event on how to ensure energy bills can become more affordable through net zero policies that can both reduce energy demand and prices
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Great event from @nesta_uk on sustainable and affordable energy this morning including @Dhara__Vyas and @CSkidmoreUK with @jbuckland13 @SpeakSarahSpeak @daisymeylands
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Great event from on sustainable and affordable energy this morning including and with
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Energy Twitterati out in force at ’s Energy Price Event 🐦
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Recent Nesta research about skills in the industry demonstrated that we’ll need to grow from the estimated 3,000 installers we have currently to around 27,000 in just five year’s time.
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We need more heating engineers to train to become heat pump installers, to meet demand and get the UK to net zero.
Many aren't aware of the opportunities in this fast-growing sector, and adding heat pumps to their offer can seem complicated. bit.ly/3wVCoTc
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NEW free event 🎟️
's Luke Bramhall will join us for a live conversation on whether we can “poverty-proof” our schools to better support disadvantaged children in the uK📚
Register to attend ➡️ bit.ly/3HUqKhy
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It takes just five minutes to change your boiler settings, saving the average household around £112 per year in energy costs. 🌡️
Get involved with the Money Saving Boiler Challenge from #BoilerChallenge
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"Impact investing is a vital part of the institutional investing mix and more funds should be doing it.
Long term problems need long term solutions funded by patient capital"
We interviewed Lisa Barclay, ED of Investment at //
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We’d love to hear from you if you’re a founder innovating in foodtech or bio/medtech having an impact on obesity
Please contact John Loder.
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With , many people achieve the 10-15% weight loss necessary to reverse diabetes and live a healthier life 🏥
is backing Habitual with a £405k investment to introduce continuous glucose monitoring into the programme, improving clinical outcomes.
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provides nutritionally complete meals alongside behaviour change support to help drive safe and reliable weight loss sufficient to reverse diabetes for a significant proportion of patients.
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We can reverse type 2 diabetes to help people live healthier lives💡
Our latest impact-driven investment is with 👇
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How can the education industry bring research-backed initiatives into the classroom and improve student outcomes?
Find out at our free online event with Christian Bunting, founder of the evidence-informed practice network .
Register to attend ➡️ bit.ly/3XL15Nr
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