Who trusts us to deliver
"Our 12-year relationship and first-hand experience of working with Social Sense in frontline youth engagement has been positive, progressive and rewarding for the communities they support. Their dedication to grassroots relationships and building opportunities for young people in the North West is resolute. We have collaborated with them on mental health interventions for many years. We've collected insights and real stories from young people and their families from issues like self-harm, domestic abuse, all the way to LGBT challenges."
"Salford City Council’s Youth Service and Public Health department have worked in partnership with the Social Sense on a number programmes over the past 10 years. The organisation has been commissioned to deliver behaviour change programmes on teenage pregnancy reduction and they have co-produced the innovative Change Up programme seeking to promote positive healthy relationships. The organisation is thorough and professional, and delivers positive well-evaluated outcomes."
"I have worked closely with Social Sense over many years and across a number of successful and highly innovative projects. In my role as Healthy Schools manager within the public health team at Swindon Borough Council we commissioned Social Sense to work collaboratively with us to design and build a social norms focused project aimed at improving a range of health outcomes for young people. Gary and the team engaged with us professionally and gave lots of support, always suggesting innovative and exciting ways of doing things to give maximum appeal and impact. 10 years later the legacy of this work continues in Swindon, with one of the key behaviour change outcomes – reducing uptake of smoking in young people being a major ongoing success story. I would highly recommend Gary and his team due to the high level of integrity and authenticity they exhibit. Gary is particularly skilled at seeing the bigger societal impact of incremental change and genuinely strives to make a difference. In my experience, that aim has translated to measurable impact."
"We (Greater Manchester Police) asked Social Sense to lead a large youth engagement activity for a new £1m project. Through their experience and expertise in building and managing relationships, their understanding of the VCSE sector and its values, coupled with the tools and techniques they bring to quickly and smoothly building networks of people and organisations required to deliver projects of this nature, the engagement and on-boarding activity was one of the major success factors in ensuring the project remained on course to deliver its objectives. The Social Sense team worked tremendously hard to bring the required stakeholders to the table, often dealing with resistance and reticence from challenging sectors, and their diligence and persistence provided the project with great value from the investment in their time. I would have no hesitation in seeking to utilise the skills and expertise of Social Sense in future projects."
"I have had the pleasure of working closely with Gary on a couple of projects, and I was consistently impressed by his remarkable creativity and ability to envision the bigger picture. Gary possesses a unique talent for understanding and addressing the diverse needs of our communities, always ensuring that our work had a meaningful and positive impact. As a team player, Gary collaborated effortlessly, helping create a sense of unity and purpose within our group and the work we were doing’"