Owls

Owls was a small social enterprise with a big vision. Founded and led by Dr Charlie Howard and Dr. Nina Browne between 2016-2020, they worked across the UK and sharing ideas for social impact around the world. That learning journey laid the the foundation for Practice to Policy to keep shaping up new ways of working with communities.

Owls vision is a world where anything is possible through collaboration and where communities are listened to and looked to for solutions. It partnered across health, criminal justice, housing, funding and music sectors. It has many people to thank for the aliveness it brought to testing ideas.

  • Mental Health Incubator

    Mental Health Incubator

    The vision for this incubator is to embed mental well-being into organisations working with young people. We believe in an action research approach - getting alongside a team and co-producing together. We are currently testing this approach with Safer London.

  • The Movement

    Our vision is a world where all solutions to serious youth violence involve young people with lived expertise. A world where, in 10 years time, there will be no strategy, policy or TV programme written about youth violence without young people being involved at the beginning, middle and end.

  • Street to Scale

    Street to Scale has a vision to change the way funding happens. We have been testing the idea of youth led banks for the past year. Please get in touch if you are interested.

  • The grant incubator

    This is a new grant incubator for young people who are furthest away from mainstream grant making. We’re doing it partnership with grant makers who are volunteering their time.

  • Problem Solving Booths

    Problem Solving Booths were the idea of a young person that turns help-seeking on it’s head. We tested the concept with lots of partners in the UK and internationally. Find out more here