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Birmingham
Birmingham – Conclusions

Social service research: Innovations as illustrative examples for a new generation of social services These innovation examples are time-specific and came about as a result of particular circumstances in Birmingham and more general problems caused by the current financial climate. However, there were some overall key approaches and instruments adopted by the innovations. In terms…

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Nadia Brookes, Jeremy Kendall and Lavinia Mitton (University of Kent)

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Birmingham
70. A locality approach to unemployment

70.1. Short description Birmingham developed an approach to tackling unemployment for those living in the most deprived areas, which could be characterised in two ways. Firstly, it was locality driven in that it focused on areas with high levels of unemployment (25 per cent or more) and detailed consultation took place with local welfare partners,…

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Nadia Brookes, Jeremy Kendall and Lavinia Mitton (University of Kent)

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Birmingham
71. Youth Employment and Enterprise Rehearsal (YEER)

71.1. Short description In 2010 The Future Melting Pot (TFMP) set up the YEER pilot project (for 1 year) to provide business support to black and minority ethnic individuals who were not in employment, education or training (NEET) with the main aim of participants being able to set up their own enterprises. YEER was designed…

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Nadia Brookes, Jeremy Kendall and Lavinia Mitton (University of Kent)

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Birmingham
72. Lone parent support

72.1. Short description The lone parent support project was delivered by Employment Needs Training Agency (ENTA) and partners, and offered a holistic approach to addressing barriers to work for lone parents. Once contacted people were assessed, agreed an action plan and then received on-going support and mentoring from the project team (this continued once they…

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Nadia Brookes, Jeremy Kendall and Lavinia Mitton (University of Kent)

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Birmingham
73. Targeted discretionary housing payments (TDHP)

73.1. Short description The aim of the TDHP project was to support people from areas of high levels of unemployment and deprivation in Birmingham in the transition from welfare to work. Having managed to overcome hurdles associated with getting a job in the first place, people may be faced with a series of issues, some…

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Nadia Brookes, Jeremy Kendall and Lavinia Mitton (University of Kent)

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Birmingham
74. Birmingham Municipal Housing Trust (BMHT)

74.1. Short description BCC devised a way of delivering affordable but high-quality new homes that limited financial risk through the formation of BMHT. Properties on BMHT sites were a mixture of council homes and those for outright sale built on council-owned land. An innovative financial model was developed in consultation with contractors that reduced upfront…

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Nadia Brookes, Jeremy Kendall and Lavinia Mitton (University of Kent)

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Varaždin
Varaždin – Conclusions

Selected examples of social innovation and insights discovered via the research, show that in the city of Varaždin the area of social policy public administration has developed the capacity to understand the relevant issues. Their active work provides a framework for cooperation and encourages development of new programmes. In our case, it turned out that…

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Gojko Bežovan, Jelena Matančević and Danijel Baturina (Faculty of law, Zagreb)

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Varaždin
7. Non-profit housing organisation

7.1. Short description: context Institutional arrangement for housing policy at the local level, after the political turmoil in 1990, has been changed profoundly. Housing policy as a clear responsibility of different levels of state administration helping people to meet housing needs has disappeared. In that time, they were responsibility of local administration to sell public…

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Gojko Bežovan, Jelena Matančević and Danijel Baturina (Faculty of law, Zagreb)

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Varaždin
6. Gardens of life

6.1 Short description “Gardens of life” is a project that started in 2011, and which was initiated by the CSO network “Green network,” and delivered in cooperation with Development agency “North”, City of Varaždin and the City Market Varaždin. The project was targeted at the socially vulnerable population in Varaždin, users of social assistance of…

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Gojko Bežovan, Jelena Matančević and Danijel Baturina (Faculty of law, Zagreb)

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Zagreb
Zagreb – Conclusions

The concept of social innovation, its meaning and understanding is a relatively new approach for all stakeholders, even for the academic community. Social innovation as a driver of change and further development are poorly recognised among stakeholders in Zagreb. Although some of them are quite innovative and creative, they do not express a sufficient understanding…

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Gojko Bežovan, Jelena Matančević and Danijel Baturina (Faculty of law, Zagreb)

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