Introducing Design culture in Social Innovation and in the Public SectorA hot topic workshop - organised by the Cities and Regions Network and hosted by the Politecnico of Milano on the 20th of November, 2018, has investigated how service and participatory design processes can be applied to…30 Jan 2019ArticleRethinking Welfare: Understanding Basic Income in BarcelonaThe Young Foundation is currently conducting basic income related research in Barcelona as part of the B-MINCOME experiment (named after the 1970s trial of Mincome in Manitoba, Canada). B-MINCOME is a two-year trial of…29 Jan 2019ArticleConnecting Europe: creating a community of connected social innovatorsNetwork facilatators, Shannon Downey and Monica Nagore reflect on their experience facilitating the SIC networks Community-Led Innovation and Intermediaries. Shannon and Monica manage the SIC networks on behalf of The…28 Jan 2019ArticleCo-Creating the Dreams of Newcomers and Locals for a more Inclusive FutureWhen we dream together we can go so much farther then when we dream alone. That’s why SINGA Spain, with the support of Barcelona Activa, is hosting a “Co-creation of Dreams” on Feb. 16 in Barcelona, where newco…15 Jan 2019ArticleFinal event review: site visit to Vives Project in Torreblanca, SevillaThis is a series of review of the SIC final event. Below is the site visit to explore social innovation in Seville, Spain.05 Dec 2018ArticleTransform Tilburg - Changemaker CommunityAdrian Robke reflects on the learnings from his work in the Transform Tilburg project. Transform Tilburg is a community of changemakers dedicated to bridge organizations, groups and individuals to explore and enact tran…18 Oct 2018ArticleSocial Innovation and Technological Innovation: Antagonistic or Complementary Approaches?On 13 June, TU Dortmund University’s Social Research Centre (sfs) hosted a Hot Topic Workshop seeking to better understand the relationship between social and technological innovations. The workshop, organised within…11 Oct 2018ArticleCreative ways to address housing exclusionHow can we address housing exlusion issue? Let's learn from The Young Foundation and the FEANTSA.09 Oct 2018ArticleSustainability through local collaboration Reflections at the #collaboration4better conference on community-led initiatives in transformation projects towards sustainability.01 Oct 2018ArticleThe Global Entrepreneurship Summer School Closing EventThe Global Entrepreneurship Summer School's (GESS) closing ceremony will take place on September 26th 2018, 6:30 p.m. at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. Get inspired by our international students from 25 na…26 Sep 2018 18:30 — 21:00EventForget about impact: let’s be honest about systems changeThe social innovation* movement has been gaining traction around Europe for over a decade. But the obsession with mapping social impact distracts us from the discussion that we should be having: that social innovation d…24 Sep 2018ArticleCivil Society and Municipalities — a learning conferenceBuilding sustainability through collaboration between citizens and municipalities: an event co-hosted by ECOLISE and the European Economic and Social Committee, in collaboration with Transition Network and the European…20 Sep 2018 09:00 — 17:00EventCommunity Powered Change Session DerryDo you want to make your community a better place to live? Are you interested in exploring new ways of working with the people who benefit from what you do? Join us for our Community Powered Change taster session! In…19 Sep 2018 13:00 — 15:00EventCommunity Powered Change Session BelfastDo you want to make your community a better place to live? Are you interested in exploring new ways of working with the people who benefit from what you do? Join us for our Community Powered Change taster session! In…18 Sep 2018 12:00 — 14:00EventSIC online event: European Day of Sustainable CommunitiesOn Monday the 17th September at 11am BST / 12:00 CEST, join The Young Foundation, The Eden Project and ECOLISE to chat about the European Day of Sustainable Communities and the importance of sustainable and local commun…17 Sep 2018 11:00EventBreakfast webinar on platform co-operativesWould you like to know how to combine the co-operative business model with an online platform to do social good? Platform co-operatives can contribute to fairer and more social economy, by shifting the focus toward dem…14 Sep 2018 09:00 — 10:00EventBuilding sustainable communities: It is what you do - and the way that you do it.Ahead of the European Day of Sustainable Communities on the 22nd September 2017, Victoria Boelman from The Young Foundation discusses building sustainable communities and some interesting case studies of sustainable com…12 Sep 2018ArticleWhat we learned at our webinar on "Creative ways to address housing exclusion" On 16th July, The Young Foundation and FEANTSA (the European Federation of Homeless Organisations) hosted a webinar on ‘creative ways to address housing exclusion’. Radhika Bynon from The Young Foundation discussed…05 Sep 2018ArticleDIY crowdfunding and people-powered projectsFundraising for any kind of project is always seen as a necessary evil to get ideas off the ground. Once that is done then the real interesting stuff can happen. After a few failed attempts of getting funds together for…04 Sep 2018ArticleSo, why all this buzz around Social Innovation?Stanford has a magazine dedicated to it. The EU has a competition about it. The Bayer Foundation has an award dedicated to it. Social innovation: it’s the word on the tip of everyone’s tongue (or fingers, if they…24 Aug 2018Article Pages› Last 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
