We help the social impact sector create serious breakthroughs through the power of play.

Leaders in the social impact sector are under increasing pressure to deliver but it’s hard to make real change happen.

Play is the solution to effectively deliver serious outcomes.

Our 3 Cornerstones

Innovate

We are experts in innovation and change.

We bring extensive experience of creating and delivering award winning products and services as clients and consultants.

Play

We incorporate best practice innovation processes with the proven methodology LEGO® Serious Play® to create fast and effective breakthroughs.

Social Impact

We are a social purpose consultancy that is driven to create positive change in society.

We have experience and empathy from working in the sector but provide objectivity as a consultancy

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How does LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® create breakthroughs?

This proven methodology is designed to increase team performance and innovation
Building models prompts the brain to work in a different way, unlock unconscious knowledge
It frees teams to get out of the rut and not feel incumbent by paradigms
It allows participants to communicate difficult concepts, understand other perspectives , solve problems and explore ideas
It enables better equality and diversity which creates better outcomes and buy in as everyone has equal time to build and share
It is a powerful and fun experience for teams to do when they are together to tackle important work

When to use LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®?

It can help teams make breakthroughs by working together to

Create a shared vision and action plan
Determine the organisations readiness for change and delivering change
Deliver innovation – from idea generation to creating concepts and user experiences

Every project is unique and designed around the needs and budgets of our clients. We have a crack team of experienced associate consultants all with same passion to deliver positive impact. We are focused on delivering results and providing excellent value for money. We love to work collaboratively with clients and our clients love working with us.

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FREE TASTER: We know that talking about Play when faced with Serious Problems can feel counterintuitive. But we know it works. So we are happy to bring the methodology to life with a free 90 minute workshop.

Our approach to co-creating a proposal

We work with organisations of all sizes – from large charities to social start ups. We create bespoke proposals that fits with the needs and budgets of our clients. This can be a half day LEGO® SeriousPlay® Vision workshop to an extensive 6 month transformation programme.

3 step Process

Needs Assessment

We spend time to understand our clients specific needs, their desired outcomes and potential barriers.

Options

We provide clients with different options for different budgets and methodology.

Bespoke Proposal

We provide clients with a detailed proposal outlining what will happen and deliverables

B Corp certified

2024 has started as a big year for Jump In Puddles, we’re now a Certified B Corporation. Part of the process in gaining this was to carry out an Impact Report.

What is B Corp Certification?
B Corp Certification means that a company has been verified as meeting B Lab’s high standards for social and environmental impact, that it has made a legal commitment to stakeholder governance, and that it is demonstrating accountability and transparency by disclosing this record of performance in a public B Corp profile.

Why create an impact Report?
As social impact is at the heart of what we do, it is vital that we role model this ourselves and that we support other organisations that share this ethos and practice. One of our values is Integrity and we want to do the right thing. Not everything we do works but reporting makes us more aware of areas of improvement.

Below are some of the areas we looked at.

OUR IMPACT

HIGHLIGHTS

9.6/10 client satisfaction and

100%

of clients would
recommend us to others

7%

of our time was used for Pro-Bono and volunteering, mentoring individuals and supporting growing purpose led organisations.

Our energy impact

(0.666 tonnes of CO2)

was offset by a Gold Standard Community Based Verified Carbon Reduction Projects.

Out of 29 clients,

93%

were purpose led
organisation including
charities, social businesses
and government agencies.

2% of revenue donated/invested

A donation to MyBigCareer will support 20 young people to achieve their potential and investments were made to three women entrepreneurs in Rwanda and a group of women farmers in Peru.

1000

participants in
44 Workshops

of which 30 included LEGO® Serious Play®.

72%

of suppliers are
owned or led by

a under-represented group, have above industry
average in environmental performance, are based in
Oxfordshire or Buckinghamshire or are B-Corp Certified.

Some Of Our Clients

We work with some awesome purpose-led organisations– from household charities to social start-ups.

Every project is bespoke. From the development of an award-winning digital proposition for people experiencing bereavement, engaging local communities with environmental issues to getting support for mumpreneurs in the poorest countries in the world.

What Our Clients Say About Us

Alex Aggidis

Head of Individual Giving, Friends of the Earth

“Jump in Puddles’ approach has meant that we achieved our goals. There was a real shared sense of ownership of the project. Everyone was involved right from the start, and were engaged throughout, including ideas generation sessions, builds etc. Furthermore, the primary insight that was collected at the start of the project has been shared far and wide across the organisation, and is already helping to shape other projects and thinking.”

Emily Cummin

Founder and CEO, Untangle Grief

“Janine is utterly fantastic. I met her when I was at the start of my founder journey over two years ago, she’s been a consistent and trusted mentor and advisor ever since.   Over the years she’s helped me develop our value proposition, strategy, cultural principles and fundraising materials. Janine is the master of transforming messy and complicated thoughts in to a clear structure and message. She’s a master at problem solving, no challenge is too big or small for her; she always has the right methodology to find a neat solution.   Recently, she ran a LEGO strategy workshop for the whole Untangle team. It enabled us to break out of our normal way of thinking and playfully explore new ideas. We’ve never had so much fun in a productive planning session!  I can’t recommend Janine highly enough.”

Alice Whyborn

Director of Supporter Projects and Innovation, The Children’s Society

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Janine on a number of business critical fundraising innovation projects. I have always found Janine to be both a consummate professional and an absolute joy to work with. Her infectious enthusiasm and passion for the charity sector is matched only by her impressive level of experience and knowledge.

Her flair for new ideas and ways of thinking have consistently served the projects she has consulted on with me very well indeed. We have seen some real, tangible successes as a result of working with her – from new products piloted to improved internal ways of working. I would highly recommend working with Janine.

We’d love to hear about your challenges and dreams

Let’s Discuss Your Project

Our Team

Janine Chandler

Chief Puddle Jumper

Hi, I’m Janine Chandler – the Chief Puddle Jumper.

I have 30 years experience in innovation and brand marketing as a client and as a consultant in the commercial, public sector and charity sectors. I’ve done everything from creating J20, to raising £4m for CRUK with Dryathlon, helping people with dementia have healthy sexual relationships and reducing waiting times in the NHS. I am a Trained Facilitator in LEGO® Serious Play® Method and Materials.

I am also Chair of MyBigCareer a charity that connects young people from disadvantaged backgrounds with opportunities where they are supported and inspired to become positive change-makers in their own lives.

So what’s with the name?

When I was thinking of starting my own consultancy, I took my dog, Woof, on a muddy walk and I was reminded of my inspirational friend Jo. Before she died of bowel cancer, her last message to me was to keep jumping in puddles. Life is too short not to live it with joy and to take leaps to make the world better.