HEIs as Social Silicon Valleys

Cabinet Office: 1st April 2015

Global Context …Local Demonstration Effect

Georgetown and scaling from 30k to 90k in feeding programmes

Tulane as a post hurricane ‘anchor’ institution

From the School of Salamanca to the students of Fort Hare

Northampton’s MA in Social Innovation

Once Upon A Time There Was The Coastal Communities Fund…and HEIF £40k to the Joint Venture Social Enterprise – architects/social finance/

churches

Joint Venture creates Cathedral Innovation Centre ….and goes bigger than

its founders

Cathedral Innovation Centre replicates to Derby, Redbridge and now..maybe..Leicester

Cathedral Innovation Centre spins out Power to Inspire and the

Southern Policy Centre

Cathedral Innovation Centre

In kind space

Pro Bono Mentors from RSA

Back office from student programmes

Replication…SE LEP social enterprise strategy

The £9k test…£26k turnover…£2.5 million levered

Power To Inspire

Portsmouth Business School- Business In The Community-Cathedral Innovation Centre

50 swims in 50 pools giving 50 talks to 50 schools reaching 50k students

Power houses, Staff and Cambridge

Southern Policy Centre

The first think tank, policy forum and educational charity for the

central South

Headlining launch. Headlining social care report for BBC

Collaboration with Solent University, HEFCE, Electoral Reform Society

and South East Strategic

Leaders: Open Data and Local devolution

Staff and offices now open

Thanks for Listening:

@policysouth

www.southernpolicycentre.co.uk

Tel: 07799711083

Francis Davis Chief Executive Officer

davisf@southernpolicycentre.co.uk