Here is a link about the Shoreditch Grandprix, a race for social enterprise and charities … a race to raise the most money … and then for the top 30 fundraisers … a race on kids trikes for the prize!!!
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Shoreditch_Grandprix_for_Social_Enterprise_and_Charity
“Racing kids trikes around the streets of good ol’ London Town … Shoreditch to be precise, […]
Independent Living
Overview
Many adults rely on government support due to physical disability, mental health needs, drug and alcohol dependency, or old age. Members of the Innovation Network are already searching for new ways of supporting these adults to live independently. This high priority issue has established arrangements for commissioning, but is also undergoing radical changes through the introduction of direct payments and individualised budgets, there is strong innovation within the third sector, but connecting this with new forms of demand is a challenge.
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I have been thinking recently about specific housing support for elderly people after a personal experience with a grandparent.
Often, elderly people have little available funds to move out of a house that has become impractical (size, stairs etc). This is all very well if the person owns the house and can afford to move […]
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If you are interested in applying for the Innovation Exchange NESTA fund please follow this link to the right page on the website.
In order to understand what the Next Practice programme entails, we would advise you to:
1) Find out what the Innovation Exchange is about
2) Find out what the opportunities for innovation are under […]
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We are a diverse voluntary cultural organisation wishing to engage with partners on a variety of issues.
One of our current projects is an environmental art initiative in partnership with British Waterways. We also have other projects supporting artists and orphan children in other countries.
If interested in being our partner under the theme of Independant […]
Looking forward to 2gether08 tomorrow, which I am glad to say numerous Exchange contacts are attending, particularly the session I am kicking off with Sian Lockwood from NAAPS, which we are calling Independent 2gether. It’s at 11.50 tomorrow morning - do come and join us.
Here’s the very brief presentation on our thoughts.
It’s vital that the views of citizens, service-users and those who represent and support them help to shape both the strategy of Innovation Exchange and its decisions about which innovations to work with. That’s the right thing to do – people have a right to be heard about issues that affect them – and […]
Innovation Exchange is heading off to 2gether08 on 2nd and 3rd of July. The event will bring together 300 people to explore how digital technologies can bring us major social benefits. Their line is, ’solve bigger problems’, which I really like. Along with the Sian Lockwood from NAAPS, we are running a […]
Today, socially-minded, non-profit, MESOMOCO CIC launches its first service: a powerful, free, self-help, online social network for the mental health community. Called NET.mesomoco.org.uk, this ‘gated-community’ was set up to support mental health sufferers, carers and other socially-minded organisations, such as the mental health registered charities.
It is hoped that NET.mesomoco.org.uk will enable people in the mental […]
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What happens when you put innovators, public service commissioners and investors who share one interest in the same room? Well, check out the video clips below and follow this link to find out what happened at our Festival of Ideas: Innovation for Independent Living event .
Below is a clip of Cabinet Minister Ed Miliband’s thoughts on innovation.
See John Craig […]
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Earlier this year, we commissioned independent research into opportunities for innovation on the theme of independent living. Over 20 people were interviewed via telephone including commissioners, social investors and innovators. Before releasing the final draft, we wanted to know your thoughts in response to the key emerging questions that were coming out of the research […]
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