Initiatives
Below we list a number of initiatives related to values and frames that we and many others are currently working on, and outline ways you can get involved.
Action Research
Between Oxfam, PIRC and WWF-UK, we must have run seminars and workshops for more than 500 people from the third sector in the UK. We also have workshops scheduled elsewhere in Europe – in Brussels, Helsinki and Vienna, for example. … Read more
Advertising
Advertising is everywhere. It pervades the media, the internet, and our public spaces. But despite its invasiveness, strikingly few question its effects on our consumption, our freedom of choice, or our cultural values. “The truth is that marketing raises enormous … Read more
Energy Security
Focusing on the implications of the increasingly prevalent Energy Security frame. Energy security is a growing concern for Western governments. As it has risen up the political agenda in recent years, many civil society organisations have seized on it as … Read more
Finding Frames
A report exploring frames and values in discussion about international development in the UK. The thesis of the report is that the way the UK public understand poverty is stuck somewhere around 1985: when Live Aid brought poverty into the … Read more
Frames Research
The five organisations that published Common Cause (COIN, CPRE, Friends of the Earth, Oxfam and WWF-UK) asked Professors Greg Maio and Tim Kasser (social psychologists at Cardiff University, UK and Knox College, US, respectively) and Paul Chilton (a linguist at … Read more
Implications for Fundraising
What are the implications of an understanding of values and frames for current third-sector fundraising strategies? What opportunities does Common Cause offer for more collaborative approaches to fundraising? What risks might be associated with applying these ideas to fundraising strategies? … Read more