1. 1 Social Innovation – creating the future Chris Dabbs Unlimited Potential “Making the world a happier and healthier place to live.”

2. 2 Unlimited Potential social enterprise specialises in social innovation national leader table for impact measurement (SE100 Index) GM Chamber of Commerce Innovation Award 2011 shortlisted in national Social Enterprise Awards 2011

3. 3 21 st Century challenges health education care climate change growing inequality social / family breakdown major crime ageing population economic change – approach, geography

4. 4 Social Innovation Social innovation is the process of designing, developing and growing new ideas to meet social challenges. Societal innovation is social innovation that meets challenges across a whole society. Innovation that leaves behind a stronger capacity for society to act.

5. 5 Social Innovations co-operatives public libraries kindergartens international aid Samaritans consumerism human rights distance learning

6. 6 Social Innovations hospices environmentalism microcredit Fairtrade open source participatory budgeting self-management Specialisterne

7. 7 Decisive role Social, economic and environmental sustainability through and across: social entrepreneurs politics and government markets movements academia

8. 8 Social Enterprise Compared to mainstream SMEs: 3 times the proportion of start-ups employ more people relative to turnover 3 times as many work in 20% most deprived communities 58% of social enterprises grew in 2010 compared to 28% of SMEs (Source: Fightback Britain, SEUK, 2011).

9. 9 Challenges Need new economic models: make places resilient and open to change enhance happiness and well-being nurture and protect environment not focussed on crude materialism less reliant on public spending

10. 10 Barriers common assumption that innovation = science and technology lack of clear policy, structures, routes and finance for social innovation impeding lack of research and knowledge in social innovation

11. 11 Support new ways of cultivating innovators empowering “users” to drive innovation new cross-sectoral and international approaches to innovation new institutions adapting new technologies for social potential institutions orchestrating systemic change

12. 12 Support leaders who encourage and reward innovation finance specifically for social innovation markets open to social solutions and outcomes incubators for promising models explicit methodologies for R&D in social and public sectors

13. 13 In short thinkers, creators, designers, activists need … ‘connectors’ – brokers, entrepreneurs and institutions that link people, ideas, money and power

14. 14 Solutions Social “silicon valleys” – mobilise resources and energies to tackle social problems in ways that are comparable to the investments in technology

15. 15 Europe Espoo – Aalto Camp for Societal Innovation Bilbao – Social Innovation Park www.denokinn.euwww.denokinn.eu Malmö – local innovation forums Warsaw – Stocznia unit for social innovation & research stocznia.org.plstocznia.org.pl

16. 16 Global Seoul – Mayor Won Soon Park plans a global hub of social innovation Singapore – Social Innovation Park www.socialinnovationpark.org www.socialinnovationpark.org Toronto – Centre for Social Innovation socialinnovation.ca and MaRS Discovery District www.marssdd.comsocialinnovation.ca www.marssdd.com

17. 17 Opportunities local social innovation local experience in science, technology, media Co-operatives UK, Design Council, NESTA, RSA, Young Foundation Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 EU Programme for Social Change and Innovation

18. 18 Opportunities Social Innovation Exchange – socialinnovationexchange.org socialinnovationexchange.org Social Innovation Europe – socialinnovationeurope.eu socialinnovationeurope.eu Global Innovation Academy – youngfoundation.org youngfoundation.org

19. 19 21 st Century Greater Manchester – a global hub for social innovation? Salford as its heart?

20. 20 Initial progress Social Innovation Circle (with the University of Salford) Manchester Innovation Group engaged commitment from NESTA from their global experience support from the Young Foundation support from Manchester Science Parks offer from DenokInn (Basque country) link to innovation programme (Co-ops UK)

21. 21 Thank you Any questions?