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Charlie Leadbeater's insights into social innovation are fabulous. His examples of social innovation from around the world on his most recent visit - from mothers, parents, neighbours, volunteers - are drawn from what he calls the Social Innovation Life World, the relational, civil society-based sphere of life that is outside the formal, institutional sphere of public services management.
A major field for social innovation is the development of self-directed services and personal budgets in aged care, chronic and mental illness, disability, special education and vocational training, and other areas of intensive personal and social support for individuals and families.
We are interested in hearing from people who want to exercise self-direction and self-managemetn in these areas, on behalf of themselves or their loved ones.
So, you're a big
fry in your creative field. You know your mullet from your flathead, in a
manner of speaking. But you've been thinking - there must be something bigger
out there. Well, British Council is here to help, with a one-of-a-kind
opportunity to broaden your creative horizons in the UK.
We're excited to announce that Charles Leadbeater, world expert on collaboration and innovation, and author of We-think, is touring Australia for the Social Innovator Dialogues 2011.
This tour tackles the idea of Dancing with Disruption: Social Innovation in government and the public sector.
Hi A-fullyS-IK- Xs peeps,
Just letting you know/reminding you about the British Council Big Green Idea grants. There are six of them and some are for $20k and others are for $10k.
The school of Social Entrepreneurs is welcoming applicaitons for the next Sydney and Melbourne programs commencing in August 2011.
These are a few examples of platforms you can use to crowdsource funding for your projects in Australia. Add other platforms that are accessible to Australians by adding comments below:
Australian based
I recently had a look through the people profiled on the ASIX website as change-makers. I wanted to see how socially diverse and occupationally broad are the "change-makers".
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Hey there Changemaker,
Some pretty exciting changes are heading your way. ASIX is being re-launched as SIXAUS and shifting from a
self-service model to an actively managed membership community. Find out how you can get involved.
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