Programmes
Innovation thrives when talented people with creative ideas are given the right support, stimulation and incentives. NESTA’s Programmes are designed to find out – through building and testing different innovation models – the best ways to make that happen.
Social innovation
Challenge is a portfolio of work designed to understand and accelerate social innovation. Through practical experiments, Challenge tests hypotheses about how a more enabling environment can be created and sets out to make it happen.
Community and civic innovation | Health innovation | Mental health innovation | Social finance | Public services innovation laboratory| Team and contacts
Big Green Challenge
The Big Green Challenge is a £1 million prize fund to encourage and reward people working together to find new and better ways to tackle climate change.
Innovations in Mental Health
We’re supporting 10 projects across the UK to address crucial issues in the mental health service, as part of our Innovations in Mental Health scheme.
Health Launchpad
Health Launchpad is an early-stage incubator, which develops the most promising ideas around long-term conditions into new ventures by providing financial support, time and expertise.