Our Story

We’ve been improving lives and changing perceptions since 2011.



We simply know how to engage.

About Social Sense: Social Sense is an award-winning, Media City based Social Marketing agency delivering positive and measurable community outcomes since 2011.

Social Sense brings a solid track record of insights-driven behaviour change achieved in the areas of Social Norms (R U Different?), Healthy Relationships (Change Up), Mental Resilience (Mindful Me) Dementia (Greater Moments) and Social Housing. (Moving on Project).

Alongside our own projects, we continue to support both providers and commissioners to develop disruptive social innovations.

Our innovative approaches won consecutive Public Sector social marketing campaigns of the year for 2016 and 2017 nationally while our approach towards supporting those living with dementia was recognised by the FSB as their North West Innovation of the year in 2023.

Key traits and experiences

  • Track record in creating and delivering successful health and community safety behaviour change campaigns, from grass roots and regional campaigns to population wide programmes scaled nationally.

  • We adopt a “measuring within intent” mindset to delivering social change, meaning evaluations often happen in real time and approaches are evolutionary based on changing evidence, localised results and qualitative feedback.

  • Experience of working with over 30 Local Authorities across a range of health interventions including physical activity/active lifestyles.
  • Excellent collaborators, for example working with voluntary organisations to roll out projects or more recently as marketing partners to larger service delivery teams.

  • Whole systems approaches that engage and empower stakeholders at all levels.

  • Strong expertise in community engagement and co-production.|

  • Demonstrable ability to work with diverse communities and underrepresented groups.

Over 250,000 engaged through our programmes

FSB North West Innovation of the Year 2023

UK Social Marketing Award winners for 2016 and 2017

Our Social Mission

To positively and measurably disrupt the status quo by:

Helping to drive forward the early intervention and prevention agenda

Nudging communities in a more positive direction, redeveloping choice architecture in favour of healthier decision making

Encouraging genuine consultation, project design and co-delivery, creating best practice ambassadors for the future

Delivering better, more instant access to support services (community asset mapping / partnership working)

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