Santiago de Chile based non profit organisation Forja Chile seeks to encourage young people from low income communities to develop an entrepreneur spirit. Making sense out of their own realities and integrating their skills and interests, Forja Chile co-designs workshops and projects with young people that seek to impact positively their environment and community.
More info here.
NESTA is the UK's foremost independent expert on how innovation can solve some of the country's major economic and social challeges.
Co-authored by Alastair Hughes, Kyla Moore and Nimesh Kataria, this pilot survey aims to measure innovation across the public sector. It's early findings provide useful insights in to both how innovation is happening in these parts of the public secrot ans also the potential for widening the delivery of a public secrot innovation survey tool.
For more info visit Engine Group.
Sarah Drummond (@rufflemuffin) one half of Scotland based dynamic duo Snook presents a case study about the implications and challenges of using Service Design for Social Innovation in the community of Wyndford, UK.
London based service design consultancy Sidekick Studios launched their first ever social enterprise: The social Library.
In their words, TSL is an excuse to kick start conversations in communities by enabling people to share books with other people on their street. By doing so, TSL looks for new ways to rise awareness of their sense of community and create new bonds to prevent social isolation while helping public libraries save money.
A great initiative to keep an eye on.
