Transforming health and social care

We’re on a mission to drive meaningful change and community impact through research, evaluation and innovation. We work globally tackling some of the most difficult social issues where there are no simple solutions.

 

Focus areas

More about voluntary sector solutions here

More about peer support solutions here

More about health and care solutions here

 

As international health and social care experts, we design bold and innovative solutions to help tackle health issues and achieve community goals. We bring years of expertise to help you reach them.

We design and evaluate programmes that improve your impact, achieving more for your cause in the charity or health sectors, or supporting your employees’ mental health.

Delivering positive outcomes that last

Working creatively with clients across the globe, we specialise in co-designing programmes and services, at any stage,
from the seed of an idea to evaluation of the final product. Using the very latest global research and our extensive experience across a number of sectors, our customised support can help you deliver improvements in:

 

  • Mental health and substance use

  • Peer support and peer leadership

  • Community health

  • Community engagement

  • Workplace wellbeing

  • Children and young people’s mental health

 

For examples of the type of support we can provide you, see our previous work:

What people are saying

  • "Their international expertise and sharing global ideas has given us a plan with the evidence to move forward in developing a brand new service for children and young people’s mental health."

    John Beckles, Commissioner Transformation Lead Emotional Well- being and Mental Health CYP

  • "The entire team at Habitus was indispensable in helping us prove that our intervention is having a significant impact… their work helped us to secure sustainable long term funding.”

    Greg Kyllo, National Director, Program Innovation, Canadian Mental Health Association

  • "Habitus went above and beyond what we were expecting, leaving behind a fantastic framework and accompanying guide that can be picked up by anyone.”

    Jade Rogers, Frontline

  • "Lisa and Laura's engagement with our mum's leadership team was really beautiful to see - they immediately put the mums at ease and got some really honest and open responses from them which was a tribute to how safe the mums felt."

    Amy Ross, Chief Financial Officer, The Magpie Project

  • “Lisa’s understanding of the issues facing the wellbeing of our employees was essential to helping us develop a long term strategy. [It] has already shown us results - higher staff engagement levels and we're starting to see reduced sick time in certain areas.”

    Corporate Wellness Manager, ATB

  • "Callum and Lisa were instrumental in guiding us into a new way of thinking… and illustrating where we could make changes to build for the future. They far exceeded my expectations of grant funding that they successfully got for our organisation. Their support was personal, friendly and timely… they were only a phone call or email away.”

    Davie Snashall, Deputy Manager, Caithness Mental Health Support Group

 

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Motivational Interviewing in peer support: Handle with care!

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The 5 pillars of community engagement
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Mental Health Crisis reimagined: We have the evidence to change the approach
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