Innovation Unit Australia is hiring!

…interesting people passionate about social change. To apply Review the duties and responsibilities, person specification and role details Send us the following to contactaus@innovationunit.org by midday ADST on Wednesday, 6…

10 creatives to help bring your stories to life

…her instagram and more of her work here. Charlotte’s ‘I WANT TO THRIVE’ Digital Illustration. Image from: https://www.charlotteallingham.com/portraits Graham Tipene If you’ve been to Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), chances are you’ve…

Dione Joseph

…connection, creation and collaboration amongst those of African and Afro-Caribbean heritage in Aotearoa and is a graduate of the New Zealand Leadership Programme (2019). More info on www.dionejoseph.com and www.blackcreativesaotearoa.com…

Against the Odds: Successfully scaling innovation in the NHS

…Foundation The full report, including more detailed recommendations for innovators, adopters and system leaders, is now available on the Innovation Unit website – https://www.innovationunit.org/projects/against-the-odds — — — Notes to editors:…

2023 Australian Good Design Awards

…the Good Design Index and browse through the 2023 winners, https://good-design.org/good-design-index/?yr=2023 For enquiries about this model, please contact Parkerville Children and Youth Care at together@parkerville.org.au or Innovation Unit at teamanz@innovationunitanz.org

Scaling innovation: a collective endeavour

…to adopt new ways of working. But not every successful innovation has an organisation behind it that can fund or deliver this level of support to adopters. CREATING THE RIGHT…

New research helps reimagine education

…care, learning and schools, healthy lives, early years and mental health.www.innovationunit.org About Reimagining Education Together: The report explores the growing evidence for why change is needed, the consensus building around…

Mission accomplished? Not quite.

…of what it takes to adopt and adapt new ideas, and take them to scale for greatest impact. We are a relatively small organisation with a small board, so you…

Deeper learning demands deeper purposes

…to education policymakers about a “split screen”. One side of their organisations stays focused on improvement : increasing levels of literacy and numeracy; reducing dropouts; raising graduation rates, whilst the…

IU on the radio

…alcohol consumption here: The Fix: Cutting down our drinking Find out more about how we use creativity and innovation in order to create new solutions to complex social issues: https://www.innovationunit.org/projects/…

A Journey to Recovery: shifts in thinking about women’s refuges (part 2)

…can be found at https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/two-new-family-and-domestic-violence-womens-refuges-co-design-findings Caution Some people may find parts of this content confronting or distressing. Recommended support services include: 1800 Respect – 1800 737 732 Lifeline – 13…

Healthcare professionals need to raise the ‘weight issue’

…optional continuation of the weight management service engagement. To access the full report, go to: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/weight-management-services-insights-into-user-experiences If you want to find out more about the research and the findings, or…

Frances Flaxington

…She was part of the team assisting local authorities in Greater Manchester to adopt and adapt No Wrong Door for children and young people in or on the edge of…

Sarah Ward

Sarah works across Innovation Unit’s International Education portfolio, blending inclusive and culturally responsive approaches to research, service design methods, and innovation adoption and implementation. She is deeply committed to supporting…

Janice Nicholson

…Door model both within North Yorkshire County Council, then more widely to other local authority areas as part of an ‘adopt and adapt’ and sector led improvement approach. This incorporated…

Jahaan Abdurahman

…Network team, where she facilitates a growing understanding of how NHS organisations can effectively adopt and implement anchor missions. Before joining Innovation Unit, Jahaan had diverse career experiences. Her early…

Charlotte Billington

…in their co-design & creation, development of an ambitious multi-disciplinary approach to Alternative Provision, and a large scale adopt and adapt programme across the North West to drive regional innovation…

Aimee Hadrup

…of our work. She works with bold organisations, sectors and communities to help realise their ambitions for achieving social change at scale. She is driven to build capability of the…

Innovation Unit Privacy Policy

…us to make corrections. To do that, simply email us at contact@innnovationunit.org. Our website When you visit www.innovationunit.org, we use google analytics to analyse traffic in order to understand our…

5 things we’ve learnt about play in Aotearoa (so far)

…conversation about what the future of play could look like in your region, neighbourhood, and whānau. For more information about this kaupapa, please get in touch with Emily Preston: emily.preston@innovationunit.org

Innovation Unit nominated as MCA Awards 2018 Finalist

…a hugely challenging context.”Henry Leak Hub Manager, West London CCG Read more about the project here or to discuss the work in more detail, please contact Jonny Mallinson – jonny.mallinson@innovationunit.org

Listen to the community to tackle violent crime

…by organised crime, serious violence and the sale of weapons and drugs. With ideas including linking police officers to schools, recruiting community guardians and partnering with social media companies to…

Innovation Unit ANZ is recruiting!

…Innovation and People to set up a time for a conversation martin.james@innovationunit.org 027 3599394. Send the following to teamanz@innovationunit.org by 12 noon NZT on Friday 14 January 2022: a CV…

Matt Berry

…through to prototyping and implementation. Matt’s expertise sits across a range of content areas (including education and climate and environment) and practice areas (particularly facilitation, learning design and entrepreneurship). He…

Tally Daphu

Tally is a Senior Project Lead at Innovation Unit, joining the team in 2018. She is interested in whole systems approaches that deliver impact for people at scale. She is…

George Aye: Doing Design Differently

…ask your burning questions. A keynote presentation and panel will be followed by a sundowner, the chance to connect with others over light refreshments. https://events.humanitix.com/using-design-for-good-with-george-aye 🧠 Gut Check Workshop Monday…

Named Social Worker Update

…webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb537uI0cFE&t=2374s Named Social Worker Portrait We asked a named social worker, Beth from Shropshire, about her experiences in the programme so far… What made you want to be…

What does it take to deliver truly person-centred care?

…that they may enjoy what Tricia Nicoll calls ‘gloriously ordinary lives’. Here we highlight some key themes of the discussion from the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb537uI0cFE&t=2374s We’re all individuals The first step…

Thrive: Schools reinvented for the real challenges we face

…around the world including in Europe, South Africa, Australia and America. www.innovationunit.org.uk For an interview with Valerie, please contact Becky Slack on 07854 221 568 or at becky@slackcommunications.co.uk Our specialists…

Children’s social care innovation programme

In 2014 the Department for Education (DfE) announced a two year, £100m innovation fund to support 53 bold new approaches to transform outcomes for children and young people…

Looking ‘under the bonnet’ of No Wrong Door

…your adopting and adapting efforts If you would like to know more about the support available for adapting No Wrong Door to your context, please contact Cath Dillon – cath.dillon@innovationunit.org

Revealing potential for Healthier High Streets

…involved have collaborated on community events and workshops and offered each other informal advice and support. Watch our video on the project and read the final project report here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=BDHwPFE-d0Y&feature=youtu.be…

Ka Mua, Ka Muri

…your work? We’d love to hear your thoughts and pātai/questions. Or, if you’d like somewhere to start, you can download this booklet here. Watch Rachel’s and Kataraina’s talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY7u8M_QCos&t=43s…

Big Picture Learning

…was ‘spun out’ of Innovation Unit in July 2018. Today, Big Picture Doncaster has become an alternative provision provider for young people across Doncaster. Read all about the powerful impact…

How edtech can transform learning for the better

…country’s eduLab–schools that are tasked with developing ICT innovations so that they can be adopted by schools across the system–has adopted better and more advanced data technology to help in…

Growing cultures of Radical Caring

…Care workshops will start in February 2022. If you are interested in taking part, or want to explore opportunities to join us as a partner please contact righttothrive@thriveldn.co.uk / daisy.carter@innovationunit.org….

The Future of Learning arrives in Bermuda

…Bermuda, visit the Learning First website. To talk to us about how we support partners to transform complex systems, contact Innovation Unit Australia New Zealand CEO Keren Caple at keren.caple@innovationunit.org….

Stories of hope and humanity

…Send a maximum of 10 minutes of footage to: lwuk@innovationunit.org Please write your name and contact number in the email in case we need to get in touch. If the…

From programmes to people

…lead the way in practice and innovation. You can read the full report here and you can follow Innovation Unit on Twitter @innovation_unit To talk to Innovation Unit, contact daisy.carter@innovationunit.org….

Harakeke

…initiatives when well-meaning organisations seek to work in their space. While we would love to influence how other organisations create opportunities for community leadership, our greatest hope is that changemakers…

Bridging the Gaps

…want to challenge the system to get better outcomes for young people who fall into the cycle of reoffending. To work with Innovation Unit on the pilot , contact jessie.ben-ami@innovationunit.org

The opportunity of a generation

…the big shifts taking place in mental health and will soon publish our findings. If you are interested in learning from our work, please get in touch via nick.webb@innovationunit.org ….

Update on Named Social Worker Pilot

…to supercharge social work in their communities. ”Lyn Romeo Chief Social Worker for Adults at the Department of Health More information is available below and you can contact nsw@innovationunit.org for…

Remind me — what is it that you do?

…find out more about Innovation Unit, tell us about your impact in 2017, or work with us to make some of this happen, contact Sarah Gillinson, Managing Partner at contact@innovationunit.org….

Scale and innovation in early years

…Too often we hear about brilliant initiatives, services, or innovation teams who do great work in pockets of organisations — but the core business or offer of that organisation stays…

Congratulations to our first Coach4Care coaches!

…truly understand what it is like to care for someone with an illness. In addition to their own lived experiences, coaches receive training and ongoing support from professional coaching organisation…

Innovation Unit Design Academy Australia

well as how to form a team within or across organisations. For any questions, contact Jethro Sercombe, Director of Innovation Practice at jethro.sercombe@innovationunitanz.org We are able to bring IUDA to…

Apart of Me

…of Me is children can create a legacy alongside their ill family member.”Olly Clabburn PhD Watch their inspiring short video to see how they are helping families. https://vimeo.com/225147072 We believe…

Reform of NHS England: Innovation Unit’s view

…at scale. Reflecting the ambition of the White Paper, we have a strong track record of bringing together different organisations and layers of the health system to develop shared vision,…

What the Voice teaches us about co-design

One of our key principles that we adopt across all our work is listening to and amplifying the voices of people most impacted. It seems impossible, then, that we would…

Scaling innovation twitter chat

…found here . “Often we forget to really address the contextual issues, we focus on the innovation rather than all the surrounding conditions.”David Albury Board Director, Innovation Unit THE REPORT…

Green energy, local jobs, warm homes

…my own memories as project administrator and council officer. So if there are any inaccuracies with dates and numbers, then please forgive me. At that time Islwyn had around 6,500…

Disruptive learning in and from a crisis

…very high levels of consensus, and this led to a more radical set of big ideas: Dissolve sectoral and organisational boundaries – which might mean creating leadership roles that span…

Healthy High Streets in the news

…working in Lambeth and Southwark to gather insights and test new solutions which encourage families and young people in the local community to eat healthier. About Tasters In January 2018,…

Turning the tide on tragedy

…or another bind everyone (think for example of families, workplaces and clubs, and all the rules of engagement that they maintain). COMPASSION January 2018 saw the launch of the Power…

Commissioning Innovation

…hosting us in their lovely Brown Street studio, and thank you again to our excellent panellists. If you’d like to get in touch, you can reach out at matt.berry@innovationunitanz.org.  …

What Does it Mean to Thrive?

…that are big. Lives that matter. And, that whatever the context or the content of an argument, the most important opinion being expressed is that we should all have a…

Developing innovation with impact

…numbers of students into university each year, most of whom are the first in their family to do so. Being literate and numerate matters, knowing “content” about how the world…

Thoughts on the Long Term Plan

…And it followed the advice that accompanies most new year resolutions – that the key to good change is to make it sustainable and ‘long term’. The content of the…

Example Ethnographic Report

…embarked upon a process of person centred co-design to develop innovative interventions that will support early learning. Click on the image to download. Authors: Innovation Unit Publish date: January 2018

Example Personas

…about and inform what kind of support they can give to families through their UK programmes. Click on the image to download.   Authors: Innovation Unit Publish date: January 2018

Example Reports

…24 January 2018 Bloomberg Philanthropies European Mayors Challenge Bringing Bold Ideas to Life This report provides an update on the implementation of the winning challenge ideas that each solve urban…

Example Posters

Learning and impact from the projects involved in the Innovation Programme, including evaluation outcomes. Click the image to download. Author: Spring Consortium Publish date: February 2018

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Adopting Innovation to improve health and care

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