Nesta is an innovation foundation. For us, innovation means turning bold ideas into reality and changing lives for the better. We use our expertise, skills and funding in areas where there are big ...

Stacked column chart showing electricity and gas bills from April 2020 to October 2024 for a typical household. Bills are broken into components: wholesale fuel costs, network costs, policy costs, ...

Henry Dimbleby and Dr Dolly van Tulleken draw on interviews with former prime ministers and other key figures to offer practical advice and insights on how today’s politicians can tackle the UK’s ...

Dr Reed is a research fellow at the University of Bristol. Her work spans both epidemiological and intervention development research, with a translational approach. We wanted to examine the links ...

The Institute for Government and Nesta set out an approach by which government could effectively organise itself to deliver missions.

Andy Marsden works as a Design Lead at Nesta. Kevin was an analyst for the sustainable future mission, helping to explore scalable solutions for accelerating the decarbonisation of heating across UK ...

Gaps in cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes between disadvantaged children and their peers emerge early and persist. While research has mainly focused on economic disadvantage, other factors like ...

The post-pandemic rises in absence rates are staggering. The sudden surge in overall and persistent absence has left schools and policymakers scrambling for causes and solutions. Finding ways to bring ...

If we want to reduce inequality in child development for families living on a low income, we need a change in narrative and better policy implementation that reflects the incredible value of the ...

This report primarily uses data on heat pumps from EurObserv’er for the years between 2011 and 2021. The majority of the heat pumps in this dataset are air-to-air heat pumps, many of which are used ...

The UK has about 23 million gas boilers, all heating the oldest housing stock in Europe. Despite attempts to encourage heat pump adoptions, it’s expected that 10 million new boilers will be fitted ...