https://www.polln.co.uk/bsr-hub-toc daily 0.75 2025-10-31 https://www.polln.co.uk/bsr-hub-toc/announcing-a-knowledge-share-agreement-with-boarding-school-concern monthly 0.5 2025-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6405bdc1d971187cdcf5ac73/895c6902-518c-4ff9-b3de-98d2d24dd069/Screenshot+2025-09-06+at+15.37.37.png BSR HUB TOC - ANNOUNCING A KNOWLEDGE SHARE AGREEMENT WITH BOARDING SCHOOL CONCERN - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6405bdc1d971187cdcf5ac73/51e10e70-3ea6-4769-9999-d89b25c5cbf1/6.jpg BSR HUB TOC - ANNOUNCING A KNOWLEDGE SHARE AGREEMENT WITH BOARDING SCHOOL CONCERN - Boarding School Concern is a non-profit, volunteer-led organisation, renowned for its annual Boarding School Survivor’s conference. Its vision is to create a cultural shift by shining a light on the impact of boarding school - becoming a beacon of hope so every former boarder feels safe, heard and understood. We are delighted to announce that Boarding School Concern and LSBU’s Boarding School Research Hub have set up a knowledge-sharing partnership, building on our shared commitment to establish a robust evidence base to inform and guide service provision, sector practices and policy for the boarding school sector. Directors of Boarding School Concern will contribute to the BSR Members’ Forum. The two organisations will keep each other informed about research findings, sector developments and research priorities, through formal quarterly knowledge exchange meetings. Both will also share sector and research news in their newsletters and social media. https://www.polln.co.uk/bsr-hub-toc/blog-post-title-four-s5jjx-f63ht monthly 0.5 2025-08-14 https://www.polln.co.uk/bsr-hub-toc/blog-post-title-four-s5jjx monthly 0.5 2025-08-14 https://www.polln.co.uk/bsr-hub-toc/blog-post-title-two-2x6j7 monthly 0.5 2025-09-12 https://www.polln.co.uk/bsr-hub-toc/blog-post-title-three-rcw7s monthly 0.5 2025-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6405bdc1d971187cdcf5ac73/51a6629c-bb72-4b1f-a5af-27dc9bf7f9b2/Screenshot+2025-06-28+at+17.36.36.png BSR HUB TOC - Survivorship Bias & the Illusion of Success - World War Planes Survivorship bias occurs when we focus on individuals or entities that have made it through a process, while ignoring those who did not. A classic example dates back to World War II. Losing plane after plane, the US Air Force needed to reinforce their fighter planes to keep more in the sky. Engineers were about to reinforce the red dotted areas that matched bullet holes on returning aircraft. Statistician Abraham Wald famously advised otherwise - the engineers were guilty of Survivorship Bias. His insights helped win the war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6405bdc1d971187cdcf5ac73/b6b50a69-1663-45cd-9025-62bcc6d848ba/Screenshot+2025-06-28+at+18.03.14.png BSR HUB TOC - Survivorship Bias & the Illusion of Success - Make it stand out We know the picture is more nuanced, but in the absence of robust longitudinal data, we cannot truly understand the extent to which boarders are equipped by their education to lead rich, successful lives, or how many fail to do so. Nor can we understand the ways in which those who fail to thrive are harmed, and what factors influence those outcomes. Our research hub aims to measure the many different outcomes from boarding school - the good and the bad - so society can make sound, evidence-based judgements on the merits of choosing a boarding school education as a proxy for home. https://www.polln.co.uk/bsr-hub-toc/update-meeting-may2025-6jssn monthly 0.5 2025-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6405bdc1d971187cdcf5ac73/b31db369-b1e8-43cd-89f6-3ce3187e153a/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+11.37.10.png BSR HUB TOC - Establishing a Firm Foundation - Make it stand out The three Specialist Groups and Sub-groups agreed at the 1st Hub meeting - 6th May 2025, renamed / reissued Aug 2025. https://www.polln.co.uk/polln-work daily 0.75 2025-09-01 https://www.polln.co.uk/polln-work/blog-post-title-three-l79ef monthly 0.5 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6405bdc1d971187cdcf5ac73/59820bb0-0869-4b5e-9968-e51ffbcfab9a/Screenshot+2025-08-29+at+15.16.09.png Our work - DRIVING uptake of ECO grants in London - Make it stand out The final report can be downloaded here https://www.polln.co.uk/polln-work/case-study-1-lambeth monthly 0.5 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6405bdc1d971187cdcf5ac73/5717416c-e271-41c9-be99-ec95765d22c5/GENIE+MAGIC+WISH+%28297+%C3%97+210mm%29+%281%29.png Our work - GETTING LAMBETH ‘RETROFIT READY’ - A SAFE SPACE for A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION Acknowledging the different starting places and experiences across the teams, we set the scene with our ‘Retrofit 101’ briefing. We outlined some organisational fundamentals, such as the contrast between pricing, planning, and delivering retrofit v ‘business as usual’ works (repairs and maintenance) We then surfaced the issues inherent in the retrofit grant structure - stop/start funding, compressed timelines, the uncertainty of stock condition. We shared our insight that many other social housing providers reported similar issues - disruption to business as usual, top-down pressure, onerous compliance demands - and it had taken a toll. This new perspective diffused any notions of blame, and created a safe space for the teams to open up about their shared experience and acknowledge past pain points. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6405bdc1d971187cdcf5ac73/de78f7f2-3c5e-428f-8122-a5eedd220d10/GENIE+MAGIC+WISH+%28297+%C3%97+210mm%29.png Our work - GETTING LAMBETH ‘RETROFIT READY’ - Lasting Change The council implemented a range of immediate and medium-term recommendations that emerged from the Ghosts & Gaps process, which lead to smoother programme delivery and reduced internal conflict when the SHDF funding landed. Whilst we were able to guide some strong ‘quick fixes’ the Ghosts & Gaps workshop also exposed some deeper systemic issues, prompting Lambeth to commission further research into the longer-term integration of retrofit and asset management across the Borough. This forward-thinking approach - informed by their early Ghosts & Gaps work - will ensure the Borough has a joined-up, systems-informed approach to maintaining social housing whilst scaling up retrofit to meet ambitious net zero and resident well-being targets. https://www.polln.co.uk/polln-work/case-study-2-nrh-skills monthly 0.5 2025-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6405bdc1d971187cdcf5ac73/e0b6105e-69cb-4d1a-a564-a69f430671f0/Screenshot+2025-08-22+at+20.14.44.png Our work - A NATIONAL RETROFIT WORKFORCE STRATEGY - DOWNLOAD THE PAPER HERE Meeting the UK’s climate, energy, and economic goals will require the large scale retrofit of most of Britain’s homes. As well as making them warmer and more energy efficient, retrofit at scale will deliver significant co-benefits for the nation’s health, energy security and economic prosperity. The task is enormous, and we are ill-prepared. The construction sector needs to increase delivery rates from c250,000 retrofits per year to 1.5 million per year by 2035 - that’s a six-fold increase across all housing tenures. This means the UK is going to need a correspondingly rapid expansion of a skilled retrofit workforce - presenting a national challenge and a huge opportunity for job creation, community benefit, and economic growth across the UK. The National Retrofit Hub (the Hub) is a nonprofit organisation working with the industry to enable this mission-critical delivery. The Hub has convened six thematic working groups, each chaired by recognised industry experts: 1) Warm, Health Net Zero, 2) Supply Chain Products & Solutions, 3) Workforce Growth & Skills Development, 4) Finance, 5) Delivery Approaches and 6) Driving Uptake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6405bdc1d971187cdcf5ac73/b15f2d94-55ce-4d20-9f32-13a2fb6c82db/DH+strong+short+arrow+UP+R+no+bkgrd.png Our work - A NATIONAL RETROFIT WORKFORCE STRATEGY - GIVING SOMETHING BACK It is central to Polln’s values to devote a proportion of our time and expertise to pro bono consultancy. Every year, we support a cause that aligns with our values - whether that’s advancing social justice, delivering a just energy transition, or helping to alleviate global poverty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6405bdc1d971187cdcf5ac73/3588154f-40d3-4366-a9da-29341daa2552/Screenshot+2025-08-22+at+19.31.36.png Our work - A NATIONAL RETROFIT WORKFORCE STRATEGY - Make it stand out Source: C. 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