Our work
What we do
Magpie’s specialists in behavioural science, design, communications, research and community engagement work in partnership with a broad range of changemakers to transform lives.
- Behavioural science
- Creativity
Walk Away
A project to support violence reduction in the night time economy. Research showed that using the power or peer-to-peer intervention could help make nights out safer for everyone.
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- Equality & diversity
- Health & wellbeing
- Reducing poverty
Covid Explained
A project to support COVID-safe behaviours which became a co-created, ‘community-up’ campaign to improve access to health resources for the most vulnerable people across the UK’s largest region.
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- Health & wellbeing
Join Us: Move. Play.
A social movement designed to improve physical activity for the young people of Bradford. JU:MP inspires children and families to move and play more leading to better health and wellbeing.
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- Climate change
- Health & wellbeing
Let’s clear the air
As part of a programme of works to address the impact of air quality on residents, we co-created with Hertfordshire County Council a long-term communications campaign to educate and empower positive action.
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- Health & wellbeing
Seriously
Creative, awareness-building campaign to meet the challenge of antibiotic resistance. Our insight showed awareness level was low and that education would be the key to behaviour change.
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- Climate change
- Health & wellbeing
Walk it. Ride it.
Insight and co-creation at community level for a campaign encouraging and sustaining active travel. Key learnings from the insight, along with behaviour change analysis, informed the campaign design.
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- Health & wellbeing
- Reducing poverty
Painkillers don’t exist
Creative behaviour change campaign to raise awareness of pain medication dependency and reduce prescription rates. Campaign developed for two main audiences: health practitioners and the general public.
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