It is expensive to be poor. Riverside Credit Union exists to tackle this problem. Watch this five minute film to find out how Riverside, one of Innovation Exchange’s Next Practice projects, is financially empowering the people of Speke, near Liverpool, and strengthening a community from within. The Exchange went to Speke to make this film in partnership with [...]

We are delighted to announce the launch of the booklet Growing innovation from the third sector. Through it you can learn more about the 15 fantastic projects Innovation Exchange is supporting through its Next Practice Programme. Download Growing innovation from the third sector here or contact us for hard copies.

Ahead of our Festival of Ideas in September, our call for ideas has gone live.  We are looking for high-potential third sector innovations that help to personalise mental health support.  The best will receieve an invitation to our Festival of Ideas in Manchester on 4th September.
The event will bring together leading innovators, commissioners and investors [...]

Innovation Exchange would like to congratulate Craig Dearden-Phillips on being named an MBE in this year’s Queens Birthday Honours – recognition for all his hard work with Speaking Up in the last fifteen years. Huge achievement for the whole Speaking Up team. If you want to find out more about Speaking Up’s great work click [...]

I was just reading Rob Greenland’s blog re social business on The Guardian website. Although most of the comments in response to his blog relate to Sir Alan Sugar’s appointment as enterprise tsar, one of the comments questions the ‘attitude’ and ‘purpose’ of business altogether. It did make me think about the future of social enterprise and why [...]