Innovation Exchange hosted a great Festival of Ideas at the Carriageworks in Leeds last week, in partnership with Education Leeds. The event focused on responses to young people’s challenging behaviour and we were delighted with how innovators, investors and commissioners alike went with the process of the day with energy and enthusiasm. Feedback [...]

Denise Stephens from Enabled by Design, one of our Next Practice Projects, adorned the front of Society Guardian this week. She says of EbD, “It’s about removing the stigmatising image of assistive equipment and encouraging designers to adopt the concept of inclusive design,” she says. “I feel very much that the disabled community are [...]

This event has now taken place. Learn more here.
We are delighted to be working with Education Leeds to run a Festival of Ideas for Leeds and the surrounding area looking at responses to young people’s challenging behaviour. This page contains information for intersted parties.
The Festival of Ideas will take place on 24th March, [...]

The Learning Launchpad fund offers up to £100,000 of funding as well as tailored support to any organisation or individual with an idea to provide alternatives to traditional education to young people aged 14 to 25 years old. For more information and how to apply please visit the website: http://www.learninglaunchpad.org/

Update: See even more BBC coverage of Cybermentors here.
This week Beatbullying launched Cybermentors - an online portal that helps young people deal with bullying on social networking sites. What’s great about this work is that young people are trained as mentors to help young people who are being bullied.  Check out www.cybermentors.org.uk for more information.
 What’s the response [...]