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Roadshow Opens Up New Opportunities

Posted on March 17, 2015 Updated on March 18, 2015

Social Sense attracted over 150 visitors from throughout the UK to their recent national roadshows, where engaging positively and measurably with young people was top of the agenda.

Delegates from local authorities, schools, public health groups and many more joined the team at venues in Manchester, Newcastle, London and Birmingham. Social Sense presented and discussed the work which they have been doing over the last 5 years, and the exciting and engaging future projects which are on the horizon. Read the rest of this entry »

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Exciting New R U Different? Website Launch

Posted on November 19, 2014

We are very excited to have launched our brand new website for our world leading social norms programme R U Different? which has gone live today.

Not only does it have a fresh new look but it has been updated with the latest information for Local Authorities, Schools and even Parents.
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This entry was posted in Alcohol Reduction, Community Safety, Education and PSHE, Healthy Eating, Peer Pressure, Public Health, Sex and Relationship Education, Social Marketing, Social Norms and tagged local authorities, parents, PSHE, Public Health, Public Health England, R U Different?, schools, teenagers, website, young people.

It’s the ‘why’ that inspires ‘what’ we do

Posted on August 4, 2014 Updated on August 4, 2014

The summer gives us all a great opportunity to reflect on what we need do over the next 12 months.

However, how many of us really take the time to stop and think about why we are going to do it?

Today I thought I’d share with you Social Sense’s ‘7 Big Why’s’ – i.e. the reasons we set up programmes like R U Different? to positively disrupt and improve the lives of thousands.

It is after all, the ‘why’s’ that inspire us all to do ‘what’ we do. Read the rest of this entry »

This entry was posted in Alcohol Reduction, Education and PSHE, Healthy Eating, Peer Pressure, Public Health, Sex and Relationship Education, Social Marketing, Social Norms and tagged early intervention, enterprise days, informed choice, mobile app', NHS, prevention, PSHE, risk taking behaviours, social marketing, social marketing campaigns, social media, social norms, teenagers, young people.

R U Different? Enterprise Awards 2014

Posted on July 8, 2014 Updated on August 4, 2014

From Breakfast Selfies to Reverse Graffiti smoking campaigns, Young People have taken the Social Norms approach to unprecedented and outrageously new levels this year.

They have inspired each other by flying the ‘flag of truth’ all across the UK in a bid to challenge perceptions and empower others with the more positive reality.

These awards have been created in recognition of the mind-blowingly creative ideas they have delivered during our Enterprise Days this term.

The campaigns are making measurable differences to the attitudes, perceptions and behaviours of their peers. They are disrupting communities. They are fighting back against the media misers who continually write them off. And the message is getting through loud and clear.

But in the end, there can only be one winner…! Read the rest of this entry »

This entry was posted in Alcohol Reduction, Healthy Eating, Public Health, Social Marketing, Social Norms and tagged awards, Enterprise Awards, enterprise day, health campaigns, Public Health, social marketing, social marketing campaigns, social norms, teenagers, young people.

R U Different? 6 Reasons Why We Are…

Posted on April 23, 2014 Updated on August 4, 2014

It might now be that time when you are thinking about how your School or Local Authority might deliver it’s PSHE or Health objectives next term.

Finding the right delivery partner to positively impact the lives of Young People however can be tricky, so we’ll start by looking at a few of the things we can support you with that others often overlook. Read the rest of this entry »

This entry was posted in Alcohol Reduction, Education and PSHE, Healthy Eating, Public Health, Social Marketing, Social Norms and tagged alcohol reduction, drugs, health and lifestyle survey, health objectives, local authorities, PSHE, smoking, social marketing, social norms, teenage smoking, young people.

Using Social Norms to combat Fizzy Drinks

Posted on February 20, 2013 Updated on August 4, 2014

With Fizzy Drinks so heavily featured in our newsfeeds this week, Social Sense and its R U Different? programme wanted to share some of its national data with you. Read the rest of this entry »

This entry was posted in Healthy Eating, Public Health, Social Norms and tagged fizzy drinks, healthy eating, social norms, teenagers, young people.

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