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 [...]

Innovation Exchange was in Bath and Bristol yesterday with Clean Slate Training and Employment, one of our Next Practice projects. 
We attended a workshop on meeting the challenges of worklessness hosted by Clean Slate’s energetic director/founder Jeff Mitchell and Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) council. The workshop brought together key stakeholders for the launch of and [...]

[ 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 [...]

Innovation Exchange was proud to attend the award ceremony for Manifesto for Change on Friday at Channel 4 studios in London. The competition was held by ESSA (English Secondary Students’ Association) and showcased the outstanding work of students aged 11-19. Their  3 minute videos outlined their suggestions for constructive changes to the education system. Winning films will be shown [...]

 
It is expensive to be poor. Riverside Credit Union exists to tackle this problem. Watch this five minute film to find out how Riverside, one of Innovation Exchange’s Next Practice projects, is financially empowering the people of Speke, near Liverpool, and strengthening a community from within. The Exchange went to Speke to make this film in partnership with [...]