The RSA’s Design for Life mission is to enable people, places and the planet to flourish in harmony.

Our vision is of a world where everyone can fulfil their potential and contribute to more resilient, rebalanced and regenerative futures.

This is in keeping with our traditions: our ambitions are broad and we aim to make a difference to people throughout their lives. We want to make change happen in communities of all types, in companies and organisations both large and small, and across systems on a national and international scale. We can see that success will only come if we work simultaneously across social, economic, and environmental issues.

That’s a big ask. We can’t do it alone, and we’re not going to try. For a start, our growing, international network of Fellows is central to all that we do. We are creating new relationships with funders and organisations all the time. It’s about working together.

We do this by uniting people and ideas in collective action to unlock opportunities to regenerate our world. We’ve organised our work into three areas, with the intent to make it easier for everyone who wants to partner with the RSA to get involved:

• Capabilities for Life - We’ll help support people to gain the skills, connections and confidence they need to learn, lead and fulfil their potential.
• Prosperous Places - We’ll work across organisations, communities, industries and regions to design new ways for them to achieve regenerative impact together.
• Social Infrastructure - We’ll share the knowledge needed to enable people, communities and organisations to drive regenerative change in the long term.