We believe that the use of digital technology can transform

the way we address big social challenges, so we bring

together, invest in and support people and organisations to do

this.

• Social investments and grants of c£5m per year • Aim to demonstrate how digital technology can be used to redesign the way we address persistent social challenges• Aim to support (in addition to funding) to scale the social and economic impact • Foundation charity of Nominet – the .UK domain registry (10m+ .uk websites)• Direct relationship with Nominet’s public purpose & strength of their membership

www.nominettrust.org.uk

Accelerator, boot strapped, R&D, UnLTd

Innovate UK,, Wayra, Healthbox , School

for Social Entrepreneurs , Bethnal Green

Ventures etc

£50k grant, investment support ‘Social Tech

Seed’ – demonstrate potential

£100-150k grant – Social Tech Growth fund –

evidence and prove values

£250k plus Impact Investing

www.socialtech.org.uk

Podnosh ‘Recording Real Lives’

Capturing voices of disconnected

people for social policy makers

Futuregov ‘Patchwork’

Supporting and improving

communication between key local

authority workers around the family

‘Task Squad’

Matching young people with paid

micro-work

‘Memory Box’

Collecting digital memories for

recollection activities for people

suffering from dementia

Flowy

Mobile game to practice breathing

techniques to reduce anxiety

‘Jointly’

Coordination app for time poor carers

Redesigning our approach to social innovation

Affordances of digital Tech

Social Entrepreneurship

Designing from ‘first principles’

Consider together, the:

Affordances of digital technology

The values & energy of social

entrepreneurship and social business

Look again at the challenges and

redesign approaches

What’s your ‘theory of change’ (if this, then than) for creating social value?

The successful application of new ideas generated at the intersection of insight and invention, which leads to the creation of social or economic value

Insight understanding the context, histories and work of others

Invention finding and developing the best ideas

Application putting ideas into practice

Value capturing outcomes, impact and learning

Social Innovation

dan.sutch@nominettrust.org.uk @dansutch @nominettrust