Hundreds of members of the public walk down a residential street looking hopeful

Public Life boldly led by the public

We believe those experiencing social problems are the best people to solve them. Our unique inventing programmes offer the public life-changing opportunities to invent new solutions to the issues affecting their lives.

a proven MODEL

No approach is more effective at giving those facing social issues the power to create the solutions they need. An evaluation of the last programme using the model found:

5,000

members of the public engaged

67%

went onto better jobs

£6.26

social return for every £1 invested

our offer

We support organisations to empower those experiencing social issues to invent the low-cost solutions they and their communities need.

Two programme participants stand outside No10 Downing Street

A person designing a programme by writing ideas on a wall

James Green speaking to a crowd of people from the main stage at a conference

Life-changing experiences

A man sitting wearing a cap that has 'love your neighbour' written on it

James Green speaks to a large audience from the main stage at the Stronger Things conference

A crowd of members of the public working together in a busy room

Stronger communities

OUR STORY

Public Life is the result of five years pioneering work involving thousands, led by award-winning social entrepreneur James Green.

I believe Public Life has the potential to change the way we tackle our country's most pressing social problems.

Dave Allan

Founder, ?WhatIf! Innovation

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Where James leads brave people follow and they and their communities reap the rewards.

Karen Badenoch

Programme Participant and Founder of Trusted Money Confidence

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opinion

Why we need to reimagine UK public life.

The story of Sheila and how one woman's hatred of grab rails led to the invention of Invisible Creations

Predicting the Future

The idea for Public Life started with a nationwide experiment across the social housing sector

Three Lessons in Public Life

The three key lessons I’ve learnt about how to cultivate a new type of public life

People above paper

The story of how we reimagined recruitment, scrapping CVs to focus on people not pieces of paper.‍