Innovation in Giving

The Innovation in Giving Fund is a £10m fund established by the Office for Civil Society and NESTA looking to support ideas with the potential to deliver a significant increase in the giving and exchange of time, assets, skills, resources and money. Follow all the latest news from the Fund here.

Small Business Saturday: what about every day?

Last week Chuka Umunna, the Shadow Business Secretary, called for the UK to adopt a US initiative 'Small Business Saturday', which once a year urges consumers to shop at local independent stores. And in a poll taken by the Guardian last week, an overwhelming majority of respondents (83%) thought it was a good idea.

08.01.2013

A Year of Giving

And so it arrives, the end of the year. Traditionally a time of pausing for reflection, wool gathering the events of the previous twelve months and trying to piece together a picture of what’s been achieved…

10.12.2012

Age Old Problems and Young Ideas

The report today from the Charities Aid Foundation is an important contribution to the work to increase giving amongst younger people.

21.09.2012

Intrinsic motivations

At Nesta we are managing the Innovation in Giving fund backed through £10 million from the Cabinet Office. The fund is investing in, supporting and growing innovative ideas that will bring about a step-change in the giving and exchange of time, assets, skills, resources and money.

14.08.2012

Let The Games Begin!

Around seven million tickets have been sold for the London Olympics and if the viewing figures for the Athens Olympics are anything to go by, a further four billion people will tune in at least once to watch the Olympics on TV.

27.07.2012

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