Current Projects
Discover how we and our partners use our expertise to make real, measurable positive differences.
R U Different? Manchester Knife Crime (2019/20)
Social Sense Community has been commissioned by Manchester City Council to improve feelings of safety within the community and have a positive impact on young people at risk of committing serious crime.
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SSC Community Safety briefing doc (Manchester)
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RU Different? Knife Crime - Liverpool (2018/19)
Social Sense Community and Rise Up CIC are collaborating on a Knife Crime themed RU Different? programme across four schools in Liverpool. The project will dispel social norms that apply specifically to carrying knives in the local community, using Social Sense’s evidence-based social norms approach.
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RU Different? Knife Crime – Liverpool (2018/19)
RU Different? Knife Crime Summary Report – Liverpool (2018/19)
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Change Up: LGBTQ+ - Greater Manchester (2018/19)
Social Sense Community is collaborating with the University of Sheffield and The Proud Trust for a pilot programme around healthy relationships and domestic abuse within LGBTQ+ relationships.
The project will promote healthy (non-abusive) relationships amongst 120 young LGBTQ+ people in Manchester, Salford and Trafford using Social Sense’s evidence-based social norms approach.
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Change Up: LGBTQ+ – Greater Manchester (2018/19)
Mindful Me - Birmingham (2018)
Social Sense Community, Aspire 4U and Breathworks are offering the chance for 150 children in hidden communities and 150 parents/guardians/carers in the Birmingham area, the opportunity to partake in the Mindful Me programme. Aspire 4U’s staff will also be trained to become Mindfulness practitioners and deliver the Mindful Me programme.
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Mindful Me - Salford Mindfulness Awareness Training (2018)
Salford CVS provided extension funding to deliver Mindfulness awareness training to teachers, youth workers and VCSE workers in Salford. The project has been a success so far, with over 90% of delegates would like to explore further Mindfulness training
Social Sense Community will embed these continued practices and local support (community assets) in part two of the project, with the introduction of the Mindful Me App in early 2019.
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Mindful Me - Kent (2018)
Social Sense Community has delivered Mindful Me to nearly 1000 young pupils in Kent. The project achieved an 17% increase in mood following the Introduction to Mindfulness session and 9% reduction in recent self-harming rates.
Social Sense Community will embed these continued practices and local support (community assets) in part two of the project, with the introduction of the Mindful Me App in early 2019.
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Change Up - Salford (2017/18)
Social Sense Community delivered the Change Up programme and campaigns to four secondary and nine primary schools across Salford. The aim was to promote healthy (non-abusive) relationships amongst young people in Salford, using Social Sense’s evidence-based social norms approach.
The project was very successful, creating positive impacts such as a 17% increase in relation to the number of pupils who agree it’s wrong if someone hits their partner even if they say sorry afterwards.
The University of Salford also evaluated that the economic (public value) return on investment of the programme is £8.29 for every £1 spent.
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Change Up - Guernsey & Alderney (2017/18)
Social Sense Community has helped the Youth Commission for Guernsey & Alderney mobilise the Change Up programme into all schools across the States of Guernsey & Alderney. The project aims to promote healthy (non-abusive) relationships among teenagers, using Social Sense’s evidence-based social norms approach.
Over a 1000 young people have undertaken the programme and there has been a 40% increase in the awareness of signs of domestic abuse.
Mindful Me – St Patrick’s High School, Salford (2018)
St Patrick’s High School asked Social Sense Community to deliver its Mindful Me programme to their year 11’s to help with their stress due to the upcoming GCSE exams.
The project achieved a 50% increase in mood following the Introduction to Mindfulness Session and a 5% reduction in recent self-harming rates.
The evaluation showed that nearly half the pupils had either carried on or intended to carry on using the mindfulness techniques learnt in the session.
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