We are Y Lab

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15 March

Announcing the HARP Nourish projects

Together with Arts Council of Wales, we are excited to announce 10 projects that will work on scaling and sustaining arts and health activity across the country.

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5 March

Sharing our learning from Innovate to Save

The Innovate to Save (I2S) Programme, run by Y Lab between 2017-2020, was an experiment in using blended finance to support innovation projects in Wales.

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Research

Data Poverty in Wales and Scotland

We are working with partners to find out more about the scale and depth of data poverty in Wales and Scotland and the impact on people's lives.

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Programme of Work

Cardiff Capital Region Challenge Fund

We are working with the Cardiff Capital Region to deliver a new challenge fund that aims to use innovation to address societal challenges.

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29 September

Innovating in arts and health during a pandemic

Programme manager, Rosie Dow, talks about the challenges and joys of arts and health innovation during COVID-19.

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28 August

Evaluating a programme: What have we learned so far about Innovate to Save?

How and why does innovation happen in public services?

2 June

Y Lab and COVID-19

Our Academic Director, James Lewis, writes about what we are working on and how we are responding to the coronavirus pandemic.

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11 May

Flintshire Council becomes first in Wales to introduce Mockingbird programme

Council in North Wales will use £1.15million in Innovate to Save funding to roll-out the Mockingbird family model for looked after children and their foster families.

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8 January

Why measure public sector innovation? What we’ve learned so far from the Nordics

For the past 6 months, Y Lab has been exploring how countries around the world measure public service innovation in different ways. Here's what we've found out so far.

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6 November

Why I have joined Y Lab: Introducing Dr Steve Garner

We are delighted to welcome Dr Steve Garner to the team. In his first blog for Y Lab, he shares his research background and what he plans to focus on next.