Innovation Exchange describes itself as an honest broker, surfacing opportunities for innovation, helping innovators, investors and commissioners to connect around them and supporting them to collaborate. Interesting, then, that this seems to be part of a broader trend, picked up on by Matthew Horne in a new publication from the Innovation Unit, one of […]
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The World at One programme on Radio 4 today discussed the future of charities and their relationship with the public sector. On the subject of third sector organisations working in partnership with central and local government, Phil Hope (Minister for the Third Sector) was asked:
“But, in principal, what’s wrong with charities delivering public services? Aren’t you doing […]
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 […]
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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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 […]
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 […]
Too often, efforts to support innovation are focused simply on the supply of good ideas. The Innovation Exchange recognises social investors - from philanthropists to trusts and foundations - are equally important. They are a vital source of intelligence, of support for innovation and of great ideas in their own right.
If you are a social […]
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. […]
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 […]
We had a great ‘innovation pizza’ evening on Tuesday - many thanks to all those who attended. Among those attendees, David Wilcox brought his camera along, so you can see my instant reaction to the conversation here. (Update: and David Wilcox blogs here about the conversation).
If I were to pick out two features […]
