On Tuesday, Innovation Exchange was delighted to co-host an event with the Association of Charitable Funders at King’s Place. Conversation focused on how charitable foundations support innovation and the role of innovation brokers like Innovation Exchange. The event was expertly chaired by Julia Unwin, who quite literally wrote the book on the subject.
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Innovation Exchange celebrated the first anniversary of its Next Practice programme in London last Wednesday. 13 of our Next Practice projects came from far and wide – with big shouts of gratitude to our friends from Liverpool, Huddersfield, Bristol and beyond - to share stories of their development and future ambitions. Projects were joined by a great collection of guests, including Innovation Exchange stakeholders, senior policy leads from DCSF [...]

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.

We have long been arguing that Honest Brokers are one of the missing links in our social innovation system. This week, NESTA and OTS have unveiled a scheme that could help put this right. The Social Enterprise Access to Investment facility will help support social enterprises to access much-needed finance, and that is [...]