Playlist
Community & Social Innovation
Strengthening communities, tackling inequalities and fostering collective action: investigations, reports and analysis to understand the initiatives shaping a more inclusive and resilient society.
01
Why add leadership training to your already overbooked calendar?
Helen Fraser · COO & Programme and Impact Manager
You’re busy at work, aiming for a promotion; home life is full on, with young kids and a partner as busy as you are, and yet someone suggests you follow a training course on top of all the rest! They must be crazy!
02
Why should public welfare be supplied by a private company?
Søren Dinesen · Managing Director
Carelink Group is optimising outcomes for vulnerable people in Denmark, and they’re doing it in a sort of partnership with the Danish welfare state.
03
Why would you pay more than you have to for your dinner?
Tom Herbert · Founder & director
In 2017, baker Tom Herbert wondered: “What if everyone in our community had access to great food and people to eat it with?” So he founded The Long Table, a real restaurant with a uniquely inclusive pricing policy – people pay what they can.
04
Why take shareholders out of the social housing equation?
Richard Kennedy · Cofounder & Director
At the heart of Cornerstone Place lies a simple conviction: a dignified home can change the course of a life. Through ethical and sustainable solutions, the organisation creates spaces that offer vulnerable people stability, security, and the foundation to rebuild their future.
05
What happens when people have the chance to be involved in shaping the design of their built environment ?
Sophia de Sousa · Chief Executive
Some pretty great things, according to Sophia de Sousa of The Glass-House, a UK-based charity promoting community-led design.
06
How did selling tickets to parties and raves end up bringing communities together to plant close to 2 million trees?
Roddy Shaw · Senior Development Manager
08
Why should companies listen to the views of all their staff?
Celica Thellier · Founder & Chief Researcher