Elevator Pitches for the Innovation in Giving Fund

Elevator pitches on video for Nesta's Innovation in Giving Fund - could be some great ideas on their video channel.

Some background:

NESTA is pleased to announce with the Office of Civil Society an open call for ideas to the £10m Innovation in Giving Fund. We invited proposals with the potential to deliver a significant increase in the giving and exchange of time, assets, skills, resources and money.

Purpose of the Fund

While all evidence points to the UK as being a generous society, levels of donations and volunteering have reached a plateau and there are a number of persistent barriers to engaging more people in the voluntary sector and civil society. These include a lack of spare time or money, bureaucratic obstacles and, critically, a lack of access to opportunities which allow people to give and exchange in a way which chimes with their values, interest, expertise, assets and availability.

In May 2011, the Government's Giving White Paper announced a range of measures to support new and better ways to enable the giving and exchange of time, assets, skills, resources and money, including the Innovation in Giving Fund. The Innovation in Giving Fund aims to invest in, support and grow innovative ideas that bring about a step-change in levels of giving and exchange and which have a credible route to being self-sustaining in the longer term.

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