Systems change
How do we think and work more as a system? How do we begin to address the causes and not just the symptoms? NPC’s blog on understanding systems change, our guide to systems change, and our systems practice toolkit are great places to start. Whatever challenges you face, our resources, training, and consultancy support can help you adopt a systems change approach.
Event
Systemic approaches to strategy
On 2 July 2025, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm at Zoom
This event will explore systemic approaches to strategy
Blog
Listen: Impact measurement and the systems change approach
On 14 February 2025.
Listen to Elliot Trevithick, NPC's Principal for Charities Evaluation and Learning on the Third Sector Podcast.
Blog
5 challenges of evaluating systems change work and how to approach them
By Katie Boswell .
On 23 January 2025.
It’s difficult to establish cause and effect. To evaluate, you'll need to map the system and create a theory of change.
Blog
8 reflections on taking a systemic approach
By Catherine Roche.
On 19 November 2024.
Put beneficiaries at the centre, collaborate, speak each others’ language, learn in tough times, be patient, find and address barriers to change, use evidence to learn, and support each other.
Blog
6 ingredients for systems change
By Rose Anderson .
On 17 October 2024.
Why we need understanding, resources, collaboration, patience, learning, and bravery for change. Key takeaways from NPC Ignites 2024.
Resources
Achieving impact in education innovation
By Tom Lyscom, Catherine Hatcher, Lily Meisner, and Angela Kail .
On 15 May 2024.
Crucial insights into how change happens and what the key barriers and enablers of change are.
Organisation we’ve worked with
Right to Succeed
On 1 March 2024.
We worked with Right to Succeed to review their Shared Measurement Framework and provide recommendations for further development.
Resources
Systems Practice Toolkit
By Seth Reynolds, and Abigail Rose .
On 24 January 2024.
This toolkit will help you understand the nature of the problem you’re facing, design effective solutions, act and work systemically, and learn as you go.
Blog
The long journey home: designing better supported housing systems
By Seth Reynolds .
On 18 January 2024.
In this blog, Seth Reynolds, Principal: Systems Change at NPC, sets out the need for a systemic approach to tackling our supported housing crisis.
Resources
Closing the gap
By Seth Reynolds, and Naomi Chapman .
On 10 January 2024.
What an effective system of child poverty prevention looks like, from the services provided to the principles underpinning our relationships.
Blog
Creating social change: lessons from the frontline
By Rachel Krengel.
On 31 August 2023.
Rachel Krengel, Senior Consultant at the Social Change Agency, reflects on learning from Comic Relief’s Change Makers programme.
Organisation we’ve worked with
In Kind Direct
On 31 October 2022.
We worked with In Kind Direct to develop a systems map, examining the causes and impacts of hygiene poverty.
