Global Social Innovation

Making a Difference: A guide to evaluating public participation in central government
Policy

Making a Difference: A guide to evaluating public participation in central government

Public participation has become a central plank of public policy-making. Increasingly, decision-makers at all levels of government build citizen and…
SIX
5 March 2008
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Personal Politics: Democracy, Participation and Collective Action
Policy

Personal Politics: Democracy, Participation and Collective Action

Personal Politics: Democracy, Participation and Collective Action was commissioned by the Carnegie UK Trust to inform the launch of the Trust’s ne…
SIX
5 March 2008
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Michael Adjaye - Belize - Trekforce Expeditions
Article

Michael Adjaye - Belize - Trekforce Expeditions

Michael had finished University and decided that he wanted to go on a gap year before moving into full-time employment. After meeting Ivan Wise from…
28 February 2008Worldwide Volunteering
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Making it Personal
Tools

Making it Personal

This report advocates a simple yet transformational approach to public services – self-directed services – which allocate people budgets so they…
27 February 2008Julie Caulier Grice
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Social innovation: flavoursome fad or future fix?
Scaling Innovation

Social innovation: flavoursome fad or future fix?

A review of some of the key challanges facing the growth and development of a robust social innovation sector in Australia.
26 February 2008Clare Goodman
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Towards a Social Innovation Methodology
Scaling Innovation

Towards a Social Innovation Methodology

"Innovation is essential for society, because it is the principal mechanism by which societies create and sustain competitive advantage. It is also…
25 February 2008Julie Caulier Grice
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The Ten Habits of Mass Innovation
Capacity Building

The Ten Habits of Mass Innovation

Innovation by the masses, not just for them. This pamphlet argues that Britain will have to become a society of mass innovation in future, a place w…
25 February 2008Julie Caulier Grice
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Maslaha
Article

Maslaha

Maslaha is a new project helping to create a greater understanding of Islam in a safe environment, allowing you to question and learn with an open m…
25 February 2008Julie Caulier Grice
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The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur
Article

The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur

A growing band of social entrepreneurs, working at the grass roots of the welfare system in the space between the public and private sector, are dev…
25 February 2008Julie Caulier Grice
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Ethnic diversity and entrepreneurship in Oslo and Drammen
Migration

Ethnic diversity and entrepreneurship in Oslo and Drammen

"This report presents the findings from case studies in two Norwegian cities, Drammen and Oslo. The projects in Oslo and Drammen were commissioned t…
24 February 2008Julie Caulier Grice
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Ready or Not? Taking innovation in the public sector seriously
Article

Ready or Not? Taking innovation in the public sector seriously

According to conventional wisdom, public organisations cannot innovate as they lack the competitive spur that drives businesses to create new produc…
23 February 2008Julie Caulier Grice
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Sure Start
Article

Sure Start

Sure Start is the government programme to deliver the best start in life for every child. We bring together, early education, childcare, health and…
23 February 2008Julie Caulier Grice
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