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We are Nesta

We are the research and innovation foundation

Our focus is on three ambitious missions

A healthy life
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Our mission is to halve the prevalence of obesity in the UK by 2030.
A sustainable future
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Our mission is to reduce home carbon emissions in the UK by 30% by 2030.
A fairer start
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Our mission is that from 2030 every child has the same chance of developing to their full potential in the early years.

We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions across the innovation lifecycle

Explore our innovation methods
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Start at Home

Visit the website to learn how heating engineers in Great Britain can get a fully-funded heat pump and expert support with installing it in their own home

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Why has it become so hard to eat healthily?

Obesity rates in the UK have almost doubled in just under 30 years. What’s changed since then? That’s where food environments come in. Nesta takes a look back at food environments of the past to see what's changed.

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A powerful ecosystem for innovation

We extend our impact through two specialised units that help people and organisations to solve complex problems and achieve their goals.

BIT

BIT helps clients from government, nonprofits and the private sector to improve people’s lives through our empirical problem solving and deep understanding of human behaviour.

Challenge Works

Challenge Works designs and runs challenge prizes to spark innovation in science, technology and society.