Policy in Practice - Expert Impact

Deven Ghelani,

Policy in Practice

Met with Alex Van Someren

Policy in Practice believes change happens on the frontline. We bridge the gap between policy development and its implementation.

We make government policy simple for people to understand, so they can make better decisions.

People using our service understand their benefit entitlement, and clearly see the financial benefits of work
Advisors save time and engage customers without needing to be experts in the complex benefit system
Local authorities understand who’s impacted by government policy changes, so they can better target and tailor support
Our policy publications influence and improve government policy

Listen to Deven explain what Policy in Practice does and where they’ll be in five years time in this short video.

He shares his top tip from his Human Lending Library session in this video, in order to achieve great things, you must think BIG!

Alex understood the business in no time at all, and in one hour made five clear recommendations, some from leftfield, which are now going to be done in an afternoon, instead of over the next three to six months.

Deven Ghelani, Director of Policy in Practice

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