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Culture without participation moves nobody.
We combine cultural audience psychology, psycho-segmented insight and evaluation to help cultural organisations and local authorities understand why people participate and make clearer decisions about place, public value and lasting impact.
Winners of the Arts & Culture Social Enterprise Award 2025.
Shaping cultural strategy through audience insight, research and evaluation.
We develop audience strategies and evaluations specifically designed for Arts Council England and National Lottery Heritage Fund funded work, helping cultural organisations and local authorities turn insight into clearer decisions about participation and place.
SECTOR INFLUENCE
Contributing to the UK’s cultural future.
Authors of the UK Cultural Strategy Review 2026. Developers of Sandbox™, the Strategic Maturity Index™ and the Five Pillars of Modern Cultural Strategy™.
We contribute evidence and analysis on cultural participation and audience behaviour that informs policy and strategy at national, regional and local levels.
What we do
We help cultural organisations and policymakers understand the psychology of participation, evaluate what matters, and turn that understanding into clearer strategies and decisions.
Audience profiling and behaviour insight
Understand the motivations, barriers and decision patterns that shape participation. This helps organisations reach people who are currently disengaged.
Evaluation and learning
Design evaluations that show the value of cultural activity and support clearer decisions about what to continue, change or stop.
Placemaking strategy
Develop practical, evidence-led plans that broaden participation and strengthen the role of culture in place.
Strategic maturity and cultural excellence
Assess how well an organisation turns insight into strategy and delivery, using the Strategic Maturity Index™ and Five Pillars™.
Using audience psychology to shape participation and impact
INTRODUCING SANDBOXTM
A behavioural operating system for audience engagement
Sandbox is the behavioural operating system at the heart of Disconnected Bodies. It enables cultural organisations and policymakers to design, test and learn what engages audiences-using real-world evidence, not assumptions.
Built on behavioural science and refined through practice, Sandbox helps the sector move beyond intuition to create experiences that connect, inspire and drive lasting participation.
THE SANDBOX EVIDENCE BASE:
YEARS
researching cultural participation
PARTICIPANTS
reached and studied since 2006
PSYCHO-SEGMENTED
profiles
ENGAGEMENT MODELS
and frameworks
FREE CONsultation
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consultation
A strategic conversation about your project, challenge or opportunity.
A strategic conversation
Speak directly with Disconnected Bodies Founder Pablo Colella about your project, challenge or opportunity.
What happens next?
Choose a convenient time and we’ll explore your project, discuss possible approaches and answer any questions about our research, evaluation or strategic planning services.
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020 3633 7617
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Trusted by the cultural sector
Supporting cultural engagement across 200+ organisations (2025), projects and partners
We build long-term partnerships grounded in trust, insight and shared ambition; working with organisations across the UK and internationally to deliver meaningful cultural impact and value.
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