The Platform
The Platform
24 January 2022 / Organization
The Social Innovation Group is an interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus. We work on place-based, person-centred approaches to care, whether that is care for each other, our communities or our environment. We currently have two projects related to ageing. First, HAIRE (Healthy Ageing through Innovation in Rural Europe) which seeks to empower older people to articulate their needs and aspiration and to participate in service design and delivery in their communities. HAIRE operates in eight pilot sites in the UK, Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Second, ANCHOR, which takes the toolkit designed in HAIRE and uses it to support the delivery of the NHS's Ageing Well agenda through improving anticipatory care in Cornwall, UK. Through these projects, we work in partnership with charities, agencies, government at all levels, health and care providers and voluntary sector organisations to co-design bespoke tools to support healthy and inclusive ageing.
As a group of academics, we seek to work collaboratively with our partners to empower individuals and communities through evidence, academic insights and practical tools to understand local needs, aspirations and passions with the aim of growing social innovation from the ground up. We seek to enable the voluntary, public and private sectors to work together in ways that break down silos, encourage creative problem solving and pool resources, knowledge, skills and expertise. We also aim to include the evidence of people's lived experience in all our research. We also aim to promote voluntary action as a way of tackling societal problems.
Age-friendly Environments
Combatting Ageism
Integrated Care
Long-term Care
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Academia
social innovation, volunteering, healthy ageing, place, community, person-centred, empowerment