The Standards of Evidence model helps to answer an important innovation question: "Is an innovation doing any good? Is it even doing harm? Is the status quo just as good as the innovation?" It ...
We want to see more innovative firms start and scale. On this page, you will find links to practical tools and advice to help you do this. Nesta does not directly incubate or accelerate startups, but ...
Bas was the Head of Learning Experience Design in the Innovation Skills team. Content and Communications Manager, Innovation Skills Isobel worked in the Innovation Skills team as Content and ...
Starting a business can be daunting. That's why Nesta created the Creative Enterprise Toolkit — a practical resource to help you plan, build, test, communicate and launch your new creative business.
Prototyping is an approach to developing, testing and improving an idea at an early stage before you commit a lot of resources to it. The prototyping process outlined in this toolkit was developed by ...
All babies and children need stable, caring relationships and stimulating experiences to thrive. The environment and experiences of early childhood shape our brains and bodies, creating the building ...
Impact Hub opened its doors in Digbeth, Birmingham following a campaign to crowdfund £65,000 from backers across the country to fund the 6,000 sq ft community space. The funding came from a mixture of ...
Scaling is the process of supporting high impact social ventures to reach more people and fulfil their potential, achieving greater influence. Grant finance is used to help accelerate this process for ...
Nesta’s strategy to 2030 sets out three innovation missions to guide and inform our work across the nations of the UK over the next ten years: As a devolved nation, there are unique opportunities in ...