National Social Marketing Centre

The FT reports today that a high street bank and three smaller providers have been awarded the first ‘Fairbanking Marks’ for their savings and current accounts.

I couple of months ago, I blogged about the Design Council’s project to reduce violence in A&E.

I read in the HSJ today that the Prime Minister, in a recent speech on the health reforms, used NHS Hull’s purchase of a £400,000 yacht to demonstrate waste and inefficient in the NHS.

Professor Muhammad Yunus, visionary founder of Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank and father of microfinance, spoke at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts on Tuesday.

April the 29th 2011 saw two seismic events in the UK: the Royal Wedding and the government launch of Changing Behaviour, Improving Outcomes: A new social marketing strategy for public health.

Writing at the weekend, Ben Goldacre yet again pointed out the disconnection between political good intentions and evidence-driven policy.

Wandsworth Council has announced plans to charge children for using the Battersea Park adventure playground at weekends.