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Excluded young people: opportunities for innovation

These themes have been put together to give a flavour of some of the innovations under discussion at the recent Festival of Ideas focused on young people. We hope that they might also give people a sense of the kind of projects that might work with the Innovation Exchange under its coming Next Practice programme. […]

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Next practice programme

Following the Festivals of Ideas, we have challenged third sector innovators to act on the advice and intelligence they have received, connect and collaborate with the contacts they made and continue to develop their work. The next key milestone in the Innovation Exchange process is 31st July, which is the last day on which […]

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Independent living: Opportunities for Innovation

These themes have been put together to give a flavour of some of the innovations under discussion at the recent Festival of Ideas focused on independent living. We hope that they might also give people a sense of the kind of projects that might work with the Innovation Exchange under its coming Next Practice programme. […]

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Latest news about our work

Innovation Exchange recently brought together third sector innovators, social investors and commissioners of public services at two Festivals of Ideas. Through this site, you can see the various resources that were published and generated at both the independent living event and the excluded young people events.
The purpose of these Festivals of Ideas was to […]

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Festival play-back

Thank you again to the many fantastic people who helped to make a success of last week’s Festival of Ideas, which looked at innovation for independent living. At least, it seemed like a success to me, but we would really like your feedback. Please fill in this very brief online feedback form. Whether you attended […]

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Promoting Festivals of Ideas

If there is anything that Innovation Exchange members and readers can do to help us to promote our Festivals of Ideas, I woluld be hugely grateful. All the information people need is below and if it helps, here is an advert for the Exchange.
Don’t give your idea away. Don’t keep it to yourself. […]

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Promoting Festivals of Ideas

If there is anything that Innovation Exchange members and readers can do to help us to promote our Festivals of Ideas, I woluld be hugely grateful. All the information people need is below and if it helps, here is an advert for the Exchange.
Don’t give your idea away. Don’t keep it to yourself. […]

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The ideas challenge

I have a piece on the Society Guardian blog today, commenting on the new innovation white paper from the Department for Innovation, Universities and skills (DIUS). It welcomes the strategy but says that mainstreaming innovation into public services is beyond any single strategy - it will require much political bravery and policy skill. […]

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Festivals of Ideas

Don’t give your idea away. Don’t keep it to yourself.
Help it to take off with the Innovation Exchange
Innovation Exchange recently held two Festivals of Ideas:
• Independent Living – 30th April - London
• Excluded young people – 7th May - London
Click on the events to see video, presentations and other resources from the events.
These events brought […]

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