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Invitation to lead the good help movement

15th June 2018
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Our work so far suggests that thousands of people across the UK are transforming lives through offering ‘good help’. But too …

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Good Help Project: Get Involved

31st January 2018
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On 6 th February 2018 we are launching the ‘Good and Bad Help’ publication with Nesta. This marks the start of …

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Is all help good? What makes help, unhelpful?

18th September 2017
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In the wake of tragedies, we rightly point to acts of kindness offered to the victims, be it blankets, cash or …

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Many public services undermine self-confidence - how can we support change?

2nd May 2017
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“Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure,” wrote Albert Bandura in his 1997 magnum opus ‘Self-efficacy: The …

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Beyond the Self-Management Hype

7th March 2017
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In case you haven’t noticed, some people have got very excited about the possibility of self-management transforming our public services. Well, …

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Choose Life. Choose Self-Efficacy...

10th February 2017
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Why we at Osca are focussing on self-efficacy in public services in 2017 As I stepped out of the cinema last …

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