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 [...]

A small grant of money to cover travel costs can make a big difference to the ability of small charities, voluntary organisations and social enterpises to strengthen their practice and develop their work. Here’s a great opportunity – Only Connect is a visit scheme sponsored by Triodos Bank. It enables you to visit another voluntary [...]

[ 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 [...]

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 [...]