Reports and publications

Stories of Inequality and Action

20 December 2017 | Authors:

This report covers some highlights of our work from 2014-2017, when we made a strategic decision to focus on inequalities and direct all our work to challenging it.

Stimulating and supporting innovation within your organisation & system – Health at The Young Foundation

20 March 2013 | Authors: John Loder, Laura Dosanjh, Sue Nunn,

The bedrock of the NHS is currently shifting. The future stage has been set by huge structural changes, a need for massive savings, the necessity of working across partnerships and sectors, all combined with a renewed drive to truly put

Spreading Social Innovations – A case study report

8 April 2015 | Authors:

The question of how and why innovations spread has been a major topic of study within social sciences over the last 50 years and is one which remains highly relevant today. In this report, we have used a case study

Solutions for entrenched deprivation on small estates (Summary Report)

1 September 2009 | Authors:

In 2009 we looked into entrenched deprivation on three small estates in England. We worked in Coventry, South Shields and Kent to explore how life can be improved for residents of three small, very different housing estates. We collaborated with

Social Venturing

1 July 2009 | Authors: Geoff Mulgan, Robin Murray,

Social Venturing – part of a series on methods and issues in social innovation – focuses on how to establish and grow a social venture. While there is a long-standing economic and managerial literature on the market economy, and methods

Social Silicon Valleys

5 March 2006 | Authors:

The world today faces a serious innovation gap. In fields ranging from chronic disease to climate change we badly need more effective models and solutions. This paper examines how social innovation happens in NGOs, the public sector, movements and markets. It

Social Investment in Education

26 June 2013 | Authors: Gemma Rocyn Jones, John Loder, Will Norman,

A public educational system, free at the point of use, should be our greatest tool for delivering equality of opportunity. But this is not happening. When pupils from poorer backgrounds enter the education system they are already behind their peers. Instead of catching

Social Innovation: what it is, why it matters, how it can be accelerated

1 March 2007 | Authors: Ben Sanders, Geoff Mulgan, Rushanara Ali, Simon Tucker,

This report examines how social innovation happens in NGOs, the public sector, movements, networks and markets. It presents an analysis of the history, the theory and the process, paving a way for social innovation to play an increasingly significant role

Social Innovation Theory and Research: A guide for researchers

7 April 2015 | Authors:

The field of social innovation and social innovation research is developing rapidly. This short report builds on the work of TEPSIE, a research project funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme and which is an acronym for The Theoretical, Empirical and Policy

Social Innovation Strategies – Regional Report

6 December 2015 | Authors: Charlotte Heales, ,

This global report describes the situation of social innovation in various regions of the world. The regional chapters take a territorial perspective and not a policy domain perspective. To date, as far as we know there has not been a

Social innovation policy in Europe: where next?

6 January 2017 | Authors: Madeleine Gabriel, Sophie Reynolds,

The global challenges we face are resistant to conventional policy measures. Tackling issues like inequality, climate change and migration requires new thinking, new collaborations and new practices. Meanwhile, it is widely argued that to create an inclusive and cohesive society,

Social Innovation in Western Europe: Networks and Programmes as Drivers

30 January 2018 | Authors: Amanda Hill-Dixon, Suzy Solley, Peter Oeij, Steven Dhondt,

Networks and cooperation are vital for social innovation (SI). Policy which stimulates the development of SI ecosystems is likely to encourage the sustainability of social innovations. This chapter from the Atlas of Social Innovation, comprised of 62 articles by 25