We are Innovation Unit. We grow and scale the boldest and best innovations that deliver long-term impact for people, address persistent inequalities, and transform the systems that surround them.
We work hard to navigate the cultures we work on. We adapt our own practices to the cultures of the places we work, seeking to enhance the power of those who understand their context the best.
with Department for Education
with The National Lottery Community Fund
with Health Foundation, NHS England and NHS Improvement
with Auckland Council
with Te Rourou, Vodafone Aotearoa Foundation
with SPORT NEW ZEALAND IHI AOTEAROA
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Learning #2 – a new response requires a radically different environment of collaboration
Supporting children, families and communities to thrive
Learning #1 – a new response to mental health is urgent and possible
Innovation Unit is delighted to share with you our learning about how to change the UK’s mental health systems in order to generate significant impact, based on our experience of supporting pioneering places to adapt and adopt Living Well systems.
Family Hubs have been a key priority for all leaders working in Children’s Services since they were announced by the Department for Education (DfE) back in 2021. The ambition for hubs is a ‘one stop shop’ for families, creating more accessible, better connected and relationship-centred physical and virtual spaces that families can use as soon as they seek help and that seamlessly support them as their needs change over time.
At Innovation Unit, our amazing partners in local authorities, the NHS and voluntary sector, prisons and probation have all been operating on empty, whilst dealing with a year of exceptional economic and political turmoil and increasing pressures on their support.
In this 10-part series, we share 10 different pictures that can help us to make sense of the big complex world of social innovation and systems change
In this 10-part series, we share 10 different pictures that can help us to make sense of the big complex world of social innovation and systems change
