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 [...]

The deadline for our Call for Ideas in relation to our Better Mental Health event has been extended to Thursday, 20th August at 12.00pm.
If you’re working around mental health and based in the North West then we want to hear from you. This could be just the opportunity you need to take your work [...]

Our very own Raj Cheema made a stunning radio debut yesterday on Halton Community Radio publicising our upcoming Festival of Ideas on Better Mental Health (to be held in Manchester on 4 September with the North-West Joint Improvement Partnership). In her interview with Matthew Roberts about the Exchange’s work, Raj issued a rousing call to action [...]

[ November 12, 2009; ] “We need to work together with passion and commitment to help everyone lead fulfilling, independent lives.”
Paul Hanson, Chair of the North East Joint Improvement Partnership

Innovation Exchange is working with the North East Joint Improvement Partnership to seek out and support some of the innovation projects that can help to personalise social care and generate new [...]

[ November 4, 2009; ] Innovation Exchange’s Next Practice programme is supporting 15 of the country’s most outstanding third sector innovation projects in the areas of independent living and supporting excluded young people selected from a competitive field of around 200 applicants.
A year ago in November, many of us gathered at Amnesty International in London for the launch of [...]