Simon Duffy gave this talk at the University of Vasaa on 23rd May 2014, exploring the different kinds of social innovation that promote citizenship.

1. Innovation for
Citizenship
inspiration and
development
Talk by Simon Duffy at the University
of Vaasa on 23rd May 2014

2. 1. Where do innovations come from?
2. Why are they important?
3. How do innovations grow & develop?
4. What kinds of innovations do we
need?

3. We innovate because we do
not believe everything is okay
We need a certain kind of
humility

5. We innovate because we
believe we can help make
things better
We need a certain kind of belief

7. The best innovations of the
past 50 years for people with
intellectual disabilities have
been inspired by a vision of
equal citizenship

9. The best innovations are rooted
in the idea that we are all
citizens
We are all equal
We can all have our unique gifts

10. Citizenship for all
is a practical and
achievable goal
for a decent
society

11. It is achieved,
not by spending
money, but by
growing our real
wealth. The
resources we
use to support
ourselves and
each other.

12. The best innovations are not
expensive additions of services or
models
They are transformations of
community
They are build upon and sustain
our shared citizenship

14. Innovations are important
because they help us solve social
problems
And the best innovations help us
understand society in a better
way

16. Will we have a crisis because
there will be too many old
people?
Or do we have an opportunity to
respect and value our elders?

18. Innovations seek to put the right
people in charge of the right
problems.

20. Many solutions cannot be
developed because the wrong
people are in control.

25. The transformations we need to
make often demand us solving
problems ‘upstream’
This creates a significant
challenge to how things are
organised now

27. Innovations are
achieved at a
number of
different levels.
Leadership
means allowing
others to
innovate.

28. Too often we naively expect
innovations to come from
government
That is nearly impossible
Government doesn’t think like that

30. As innovations they develop they
must change.
They cannot be imposed until very
late in their life-cycle.

32. There are four stages to developing an
innovation:
1. Making the innovation happen
2. Making the innovation sexy
3. Making the innovation easier
4. Making the innovation normal

33. Government policy is very
important - but it should create a
framework for innovation
It can define bad practice
But not good practice

36. Here are four interesting innovations that
help us explore future possibilities
1. Personal budgets
2. Peer support
3. WomenCentre
4. C2 Community Development

37. Power

38. How families and young people
can take charge of their own
destinies

42. How people with very complex
disabilities can be supported to be
full citizens.

43. Peer

44. How people with mental health
problems in Doncaster took back
control and showed how to reform
mental health services.

48. People

49. How women in Halifax tackle the
most vicious social problems -
together - and far more efficiently
and effectively than public
services on their own.

54. Place

55. C2 Model of Community Development

56. How to embed social workers in
communities to develop
partnerships and avoid crisis.

58. Innovation for Citizenship © Simon Duffy 2014
Published by The Centre for Welfare Reform
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