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NESTA

We are pleased to announce that Space Unlimited has been invited to exhibit at Nesta’s National Innovation Edge Conference in London in May. According to NESTA, this ‘flagship conference brings together the best in UK innovation’; so we are proud as punch they’ve asked us along!

Find out more about the work we are doing with NESTA here or visit their website: http://www.nesta.org.uk/

Can funders rise to the challenge?

The Big Lottery invited Space Unlimited to speak at their conference last week looking at the funding environment for social enterprise. The keynote speaker was John Bird, the original founder of The Big Issue, who talked passionately about the concept of ‘giving without taking away’.

Supporting people to help themselves has a lot in common with our philosophy here at Space Unlimited, and the outcomes we strive for across our projects. An interesting topic and one we plan to discuss on our blog very soon

Do you want to know more? You can visit www.spaceunlimited.org for further details and to have a look at some of the tools that we find useful.

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you think Space Unlimited might be for you.
We’re always happy to discuss new ideas.

Come over and meet the team.

Spring has finally sprung!

Just to prove it here are some cute fluffy bunny rabbits hopping over fields of daffodils..

Yes change is definitely in the air…and change is something
we have grown to love at Space Unlimited because we deal with it every day.

On a recent project, one of the young people wanted to make a huge change:

He’d explored the original question, examined the business issue and concluded that what was being asked wasn’t what the business really needed to know at all.

So he wanted to change the question.

We said - “don’t ask us, tell the business!”

On our projects young people are free to make the changes they think will help business get a fresh look at their challenges.

What new perspective would a teenager give you on your business issue?

When was the last time a 13 year old questioned you about change?

Projects Update

	‘What would make co-ops matter to young people?‘
	In our last newsletter you may remember we told you about the project with Co-operative Development Scotland and Knightswood Secondary. This week, pupils from Knightswood secondary pulled no punches in their feedback to Cooperative Scotland.
	‘What would make the ‘Burns’an’a that’ festival un-missable?’
	Find out what the groups from Marr College, Greenwood Academy and James Hamilton Academy got up to on the launch day!
	‘What can Oracle learn from social networks to enhance team spirit?’
	Twenty-four pupils from Saint Kentigern’s High School kicked off their Space Unlimited project with a demanding weekend of leadership development.
	‘What would make young people choose buses?‘
	A group of young people from Carnoustie High are exploring this question for Angus Council and Stagecoach.
	‘What would make Kilwinning Town Centre get respect?’
	15 pupils from Kilwinning Academy enhance streetscape Kilwinning town centre to create a more appealing environment for residents, businesses and visitors.
	‘What would convince young people about the value of studying engineering and computing at GCAL University?’
	The school of engineering and computing at Glasgow Caledonian University is taking an innovative approach to improving student recruitment.
And finally ........................................................................................... Some 5 years after his first ever contact with Space Unlimited, James Rennie, a former pupil from Knightswood Secondary has got back in touch. James is one of a group of young people who helped lay the foundations for Space Unlimited by helping to design the prototype experience in The Arches in June 2003. James is now a student at the West of Scotland University and still enthusiastic about the natural creativity of young people. He has encouraged fellow students to pitch an idea to Burns’an’a that Festival about using Burns work as the context for new Personal and Social Education materials for schools. And of course, he wants to get teenagers themselves designing the content. It’s always great to hear from people who have been part of a Space Unlimited project in the past and we are always excited about ways they might want to connect with us again…So get in touch, our door is always open! Contact us to find out more

Unlimited Thinking Blog

’What’s certain about uncertainty?’

In Space Unlimited projects, uncertainty and risk face everyone – young people, teachers, business-people, our own team. We have noticed that young people are often more comfortable with this than many adults.

Come over and join in the discussion...

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