Join four social innovation ecosystem weavers live – Sir Geoff Mulgan (UK), who helped found SIX and has spent two decades building this field globally, alongside three of our newest trustees: Michael Ngigi (Kenya), Carla Duprat (Brazil) and Naghma Mulla (India). Together, they’re discussing the three questions driving our Wayfinder event taking place in Nairobi … Wayfinding with EdelGive/SIX
The SIMF Social Investment Lab will bring together a carefully selected group of around 30 impact investors, philanthropists, policymakers, entrepreneurs and ecosystem leaders in Lisbon (15–16 October 2026) to explore financing models that bridge the gap between grant funding and impact investment.
While the SIMF Social Investment Lab is an invitation-only event, we want to broaden the conversation and create an opportunity for additional voices to join us.
If you work in social investment, impact investing, philanthropy, public policy, social entrepreneurship, or social innovation, and feel your experience could contribute to the discussions, we encourage you to submit an Expression of Interest.
We’re bringing together 100 ecosystem builders – practitioners, researchers, funders and policymakers, all working to further social innovation around the world in Nairobi this year. This convening comes ten years after the original SIX Wayfinder, which gathered 160 leaders from 34 countries to ask what the field should achieve by 2027. This time, we’re not looking back – we’re looking forward, honestly about what’s been done and urgently about what’s next.
Here is the original newsletter and sign up to receive our newsletter. Dear Friends, It’s been a minute. The world hasn’t slowed down, and neither have we. This edition is a bit of a feast: Our Wayfinder is back and it’s headed to Nairobi (mark November 5&6th). Plus, we’ve got some reading, listening and watching that’s … Wayfinder is back 👀 Plus: wicked problems | social innovation maps | and more
In May 2026, EdelGive/SIX convened the first gathering of our Funder and Impact Investor Social Innovation Mission Facility Exploration, in Brussels. This account of the evening shares what we’re still sitting with, and an invitation to what comes next.
It’s been a little quiet from us lately – but this edition more than makes up for it. Here’s what’s inside.
Join leading funders and investors from across Europe for a convening hosted by the Social Innovation Mission Facility bringing together key actors to explore how private and public capital can be catalytically combined to drive mission-oriented social innovation at scale.
After 13 years of operating as an independent organisation, 2025 has been the most eventful year for SIX. Below are 6 highlights of the year (not in chronological order). 1. Adapting to the moment and innovating our model We’ve always constantly adapted our programming to respond to global events, new challenges and emerging trends, be … Meeting the moment: How we adapted SIX in a changing world
I began my work at the Hope Institute just when the concept of social innovation was introduced in South Korea. I have closely observed and at times, actively participated in the growth of the social innovation ecosystem in Korea and around the world. Currently, I am a member of C.dot which transitioned into a workers’ … Between crisis and renewal: Reimagining social innovation in South Korea
On 9-10 October 2025, we gathered 18 friends of SIX for a roundtable discussion on the role of social innovation in the world today. We wanted to understand how other organisations from different sectors in Europe are navigating this challenging moment and how they are responding. By understanding where the gaps are, we can direct … Social innovation in a changing world – EdelGive with SIX Roundtable Discussion
This is an interview with our long-time friend and collaborator, Kuba Wygnański, President of the Shipyard Foundation based in Poland. Kuba reflects on what social innovation means in the current geopolitical context, what he is seeing on the ground in Poland and the region, and where he finds energy and hope for the future.
Founded in 2015 at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and in partnership with the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, the Reach Alliance is a student-driven, faculty-mentored global research and leadership initiative investigating and examining how critical interventions and innovations reach those who are the hardest to reach
Social innovations on the rise Social Innovation has increasingly been attracting attention in recent years. As a novel approach to address complex global problems of health, social care, education, energy, and environmental policies, it has been embraced by stakeholders and communities on the local, regional, and national level. As the Atlas of Social Innovation has … Social innovation – a powerful approach to address the grand societal challenges
This report summary is a snapshot-in-time of the start-up of one country’s experiment in mission innovation, mission government and moonshot philanthropy. Hopefully there are takeaways from the UK’s experience that could inform Canada’s approach for adopting intentional societal innovation more successfully and systematically. The report was commissioned by Prof. Sandra Lapointe. In July 2024 the … Mission Innovation and Moonshot Philanthropy in the UK: Becoming The Experimenting Society
If I had to pick just one thing that makes social innovation work, it would be collaboration. And if I had to pick just one thing that Canada does particularly well?Well, it’s collaboration—our small population in a huge country, we have had to work together because, let’s be honest, we’re really nice. The world loves … Why Being Nice is Canada’s Social Innovation Superpower
Kristin Wolff, a long-time friend of SIX, reflects on her experiences at SIX gatherings.
Geoff Mulgan, founder of SIX, reflects on SIX’s 15-year history, highlighting both the setbacks and promise of social innovation in a turbulent world.
Author Charlie Leadbeater summed up the London SIX Wayfinder 2017 with six things that social innovation can offer to the future.
I’ve been working the development field for thirty years and one of the first lessons I learned when still a trainee at the W.K.Kellogg Foundation, was the need for innovation to solve longstanding ‘social problems’. Be they in education, health, rural development, philanthropy & volunteerism – the main programme areas in the 1990s in Latin … A reflection on social innovation from Brazil
Martin Stewart-Weeks (Founder and Principal, Public Purpose) reflects on social innovation and why it matters.
I still remember the excitement in the air, as we sat around the large official dinner tables in the impressive conference hall in Beijing back in the late fall of 2006. Present were some of the people I respected most highly when it came to social change, democracy innovation and the respect for not only … We dared to imagine
We are hosting a special drinks reception in London on 9th October to mark the launch of our new collaborative organisation, ‘EdelGive with SIX’. We all recognise that our biggest challenges can not be fixed with old models, old ideas or by one sector alone. And in the uncertain and unfamiliar time, this is even … ‘EdelGive with SIX’ launch drinks reception
Those who learn how to connect artificial intelligence with the power of supercomputing to drive social innovation will soon lead the way to tackle complex societal problems.
TACSI’s reflections on 15 years of nurturing ideas, relationships and practices—locally and globally—through the SIX community. SIX was founded just a year before TACSI, back in 2008—a time when big tech was still a symbol of progress, the White House had an Office of Social Innovation, and most meetings happened face-to-face. At TACSI, we were … Spreading social innovation through practice