Friend of Innovation Exchange, Opportunity Links, are launching a new website providing support for grandparents at the end of this month. Opportunity Links works with local and national government, developing innovative solutions for managing and delivering information services to families, young people and older people.
Funnily enough, I was speaking to a colleague about the demands [...]

Are you working on personalising social care? Are you based in the East Midlands? Then respond to our Call for Ideas for a chance to attend our Festival of Ideas event in March.
We will be bringing together public service commissioners from across the East Midlands and social investors to learn about the innovative work [...]

We had a great time in Cambridge last week at our Beyond Worklessness: A Festival of Ideas event. For one day, commissioners and investors came together to learn about the innovative work that is taking place within the third sector on worklessness in the East of England. Check out these photos from the day and [...]

[ March 17, 2010; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] “Transforming social care is a complex challenge and no one person or organisation has all the answers. Addressing it requires innovative thinking and action to help us build excellent joined-up services. We need to work together with passion and commitment to help everyone lead fulfilling, independent lives.”
Mick Connell, Chair of the East Midlands Joint [...]

Our next Festival of Ideas is in Cambridge looking at innovations that can help to tackle longer-term worklessness. We have surveyed commissioners about the challenges that they face and sourced innovative proposals from the third sector – all that remains now is to bring them together. In advance of the event, take a look [...]