PUBLICATIONS​

  • We are the proud author of Adventures in Advantaged Thinking for and with Foyer Federation and Your Housing Group - capturing all the key insights and voices from over ten years of the Advantaged Thinking approach, with future ideas and a call out for action.  Best of all, you can download your free copy at the link above. ​
  • We researched and authored a practical programme manual for Northside Partnership, capturing all the learning involved to guide future delivery of Northside's brilliant Challenger Programme.
  • We co-authored publications on strengths-based expertise, including Homeless Link's Becoming Strengths Based resource and a report with Peer Power for the JYB on Co-creation and Participation in the Youth Justice System​.


​       EVALUATIONS

  • We worked with leading youth sector funders Paul HamlynFoundation and Blagrave Trust to support the development of and capture the learning from the Opportunity Fund - a groundbreaking initiative that tested out a new approach for young leaders to activate their lived experience of social injustice through a campaign or social enterprise over an 18 month timescale of funding and support.
  • We worked with Launch It and Enterprise Nation to evaluate the impact of their UK Community Renewal Fund project,Next Generation - supporting young people in london aged 18-24 to start up a new business. The report included social return on investment calculations in line with Civil Service requirements.
  • We worked with States of Mind to help oversee and capture learning from an exciting youth-led National Lottery funded mental wellbeing initiative, Connecting Minds
  • We conducted learning research for the Listening Fund that captured insights on listening practice during the pandemic, in the Strength in Solidarityreport.


          QUALITY ASSURANCE

  • We assisted Foyer Federation and Foyer Foundation Australia on the quality assurance of Foyer services, leading the delivery of two different accreditation schemes which we originally innovated in the UK and Australia. We remain the most experienced quality assessor of Foyer services in the world.


         THEORY OF CHANGE

        We have conducted Theory of Change work to support charities such as Peer Power         and Launch It, and have led work to revitalise the Theory of Change model into a             more positive tool for visualising opportunity in an asset-based way.


           EXPERT CONSULTANCY​

  • We supported Paul Hamlyn Foundation over the first 3 years of the Youth Fund, convening cohort learning days, guiding understanding on asset-based approaches, developing resources and supporting grantees. 
  • We assisted the organising of the Room for Young People Awards, including supporting InspireChilli's own Team Young People to judge the entry nominations.
  •  We acted as a critical friend for Northside Partnership, offering training sessions on asset-based approaches for various community partners.
  • We assisted Hart District Council to embed asset-based approaches in their work with local homeless services.
  • We helped Innox Foundation to offer business development support for the youth-led Project Talk mental wellbeing initiative.


        SPEECHES​

  •  We have delivered various keynote speeches, from World Teachers' Day with VDC in Victoria, Australia, to regular Foyer Foundation conferences across the country.

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        GOVERNANCE

  • We served for 3 years as Chair of Trustees for the award winning We Belong, the UK's first charity set-up and run by young people from migrant backgrounds. We were also a founding trustee for SoundDelivery Media Charity.

Examples of our inspirational impact

So, what what do we do at InspireChilli ?



InspireChilli

The source for asset-based innovation.   

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