What We Do

We provide a full spectrum of engagement and consultation services for our clients – engaging on proposals, consulting with stakeholders, and shaping places to improve people’s lives.

Planning Consultation

People are at the centre of what we do and speaking to them about their communities and the places they live is what we do best. Our track record of successful planning approvals, often on controversial developments, speaks for itself.

Public consultation
Bespoke consultation brochures
Branded exhibition boards and street stalls
Key messaging and FAQs

Creative and digital content
Supporter campaigns
Consultation information
Street canvassing

Stakeholder Engagement

Engagement is more than a pull-up banner and a well-meaning clipboard. We help to establish a continuous, genuinely representative dialogue with community stakeholders to help shape a vision they can believe in.

Political engagement
Stakeholder meetings
Stakeholder mapping
Town hall style briefings

Strategic counsel
Designed briefing notes
Designed Statement of Community Involvement

Place-Shaping

Every place is unique and has its own aspirations and challenges. Our team has wide experience at place narrative development; paying close attention to the challenges and opportunities of the local landscape and plugging-in to local networks to capture insights from across a diverse range of stakeholders.

Investing ourselves in the community
Creating a positive narrative

Branding workshops
Community participation

National Infrastructure Projects

Infrastructure is the key to our prosperity and every infrastructure project needs a compelling narrative, not just to secure development consent but to create the continuous social licence needed to succeed long-term.

Full public consultation process
Key stakeholder engagement
Forming lasting partnerships

Creating a positive story
Delivering a better quality of life for communities

Campaigns

All it needs is a vocal minority to derail a planning application. Our in-house creative team can create a strategy to engage and enthuse your target audience. We can help you unlock the power of the silent majority and give Planning Committee members the confidence to back your proposals.

Digital content
Supporter campaign videos
Project animation & videos

Digital supporter campaigns
iPad supporter canvassing

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New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer

Social is a very special company. In my dealings with them, it is clear that this is a business with a difference. They have strong ethics, believe in creating social capital as much as economic capital, and are real social entrepreneurs.

Robert Halfon, MP for Harlow