Social Innovation is a necessary strategy to bring value to entrepreneurship. Social innovation can be understood as new ideas (products, services and models) that simultaneously satisfy social needs, create value and establish new cooperative relationships. In the context of the work of third sector organisations, social innovation is an important tool that makes it possible...

“We want to create a community, not only for our wellbeing, but representative of thousands of women who have been through a grief journey of guilt, uprooting and loneliness, but also with the hope of finding tools to strengthen us and help us overcome and cope with these feelings.” The Escuela de Innovación Social Creactiva...

We share the proposals that emerged at a political and social regulars’ table in Alicante to promote social change in science, the economy and among the youth as a target group. Within the framework of the Escuela Creactiva project, a round table on political and social advocacy was held on 29 November at the University...

A look at Social Innovation as a learning process Much is spoken about Social Innovation and, in general, we know little about the complexity of this concept that positively involves companies, universities, entrepreneurs and schools. Since social innovation is not in an instruction manual, but part of a process that influences behaviour, consciousness and ways...

Training aimed at women, so that they may enter into the agricultural sector.   Are you unemployed and looking to cultivate new future experiences? Do you have experience or an interest in the agricultural sector? Do you have a brilliant idea that could be implemented in the agricultural field? Would you like to learn how...

Lourdes Mirón is president of Jovesólides and director of the International Forum of Social Innovation. In this short interview he tells us what the Escuela Creactiva is, how it was born and the main objectives of the association when getting involved in this initiative.   What is the Escuela Creactiva? What drives Jovesólides to get involved in this initiative? It...

The Valencian Community: space for social change In recent years the Valencian Community has become a reference space in the field of innovation and social entrepreneurship. There are multiple and diverse initiatives that practice another type of company. Sustainable, scalable initiatives with a positive social impact. Social entrepreneurship is the tool, increasingly used, to achieve...

Julia Salom Carrasco Inter-university Institute of Local Development University of Valencia The social impact of the pandemic crisis The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and radically widened pre-existing social cracks related to the quality and conditions of housing, employment, the digital divide and access to information. The impact of restrictive measures and teleworking has been very...

Yerma Vilar, journalist of FoodRation4all. The social, economic and technological impact and innovation project ‘Nadie Sin Su Ración Diaria’ (NSSRD) was born with the intention of improving the current system of food donations and, in turn, with the purpose of favoring the social integration of people at risk of exclusion. Currently, it has managed to...

“Even a ruin can be a hope.” This phrase by Miguel de Unamuno has become our leitmotif at the Santa María La Real Foundation. Where others see problems, in the foundation we see solutions, we face them as a key to opportunities. In 1977, a group of dreamers led by the architect and artist José...